January 2026

I'm wishing all our customers, friends and supporters of the AE Modular community a happy, healthy and successful new year!

The release of the WAEVE82 at the end of last year was a major milestone and the culmination of more than a year of hard work, so I'm proud that this module is now shipping and I'm looking forward to what those first supporters will make with it! As mentioned in December, there will also be a specially made new VCASE for this module so that it can be used as a standalone 8 voice synthesizer in a small and attractive package. 

The WAEVE82 comes with a comprehensive 78-page manual, a quick-start guide, and a micro-SD card loaded with presets - and the built-in randomizer lets you create inspiring new sounds based on a chosen category.

This year we will continue to consolidate and improve the existing line up of modules especially around IMDI capabilities. At first I'm finally working on the improved version 2 of the GRAINS module. This will have more inputs and outputs, but will use the same chip so that all existing firmware will still work. 

One improvement I’m especially proud of is the introduction of metal cases for the VMIX-10 and the VCASE-7, bringing a noticeable upgrade in build quality and overall feel.

As you know, my mind is always dreaming up new module ideas and I will share these with you over the coming months.

Third Party Products

Fauxcyrillic has released PIQUED, an AE Modular clone of the PEAKS module designed and open sourced by Mutable Instruments. It is a multi-function, dual channel, trigger to signal converter.

Core functions:

• AD / ADSR envelope generator
• LFO / tap-tempo LFO with five waveforms
• 808-style Drum synth (kick, snare / high hat)

Alt functions:

• Mini step sequencer
• Trigger delay
• Trigger randomiser
• Digital drum synth

This was released as a limited batch and you have to be quick to secure one of these beauties.

https://www.tindie.com/products/fauxcyrillic/piqued/ 

The Feral Filter by Symbolic Circuits was teased last year at Superbooth and has since received more development. It's still not quite done, but progress is looking good as does the new faceplate. We can't wait to hear its screaming madness ;-) Stay up to date with the progress here:

https://forum.aemodular.com/thread/3447/feral-ilter-development?page=2

Jamuary 2026

There are so many cool patches in this thread that it would be a bit much to list them here, so please head over to the forum and see and hear for yourself:

https://forum.aemodular.com/thread/3712/jamuary-2026-patches

​Meetings and Events

The first Zoom meetup of the year will be on Saturday 7th February (Sunday 8th for anyone west of the 180th Meridian). Please see the forum for more information (you will need to be a signed in member of the forum).

https://forum.aemodular.com/thread/3737/online-meetup-february-2026-saturday