Weaver Modular from Fieldtone is a Eurorack format version of the highly in demand Weaver handheld sampler that featured in music tech tastemaker Andrew Huang’s year round up as his Favourite Desktop FX module of 2024. The modular edition builds on the functionality of the original but adds a variety of additional control. The Weaver is no ordinary audio sampler—it is a meditation on impermanence and chance. With a single, enigmatic knob, it embraces randomness as an artistic principle,re-configuring two-second sound bites into hypnotic loops and evolving textures. There is no undo button, no way back once a sound is captured; the Weaver insists that you move forward, shaping the unpredictable into rhythm or texture with nothing more than a twist of the wrist or control voltage change. New functionality on the device includes separate level controls of different elements of the loop, as well as 3 x trigger outputs which turns the device into a random rhythm generator for which you don't even need to be using the sampling capabilities. You can trigger the Recording start via CV, allowing you to keep replacing the sample whilst the loop continues playing - something that works beautifully with acoustic sound sources such as guitar or voice as well as electronics. A new switch has been added to select between Random or Root note aligned pitch playback.
