ALLFLESH

touch patching for modular systems

AllFlesh turns your body into patch cables, allowing you to interact with your modular system, by touching two or more points, yielding new results and sounds not possible without the subtleties of human touch and gestural expression. You transfer modulation, sequences from oscillator to oscillator, and triggers from voice to voice. You bend pitches with finger pressure. Your fingers are multiples and provide attenuation. Each kit includes 10 AllFlesh touch points.

DIY kits available for those who solder. 

Complete: $66 / DIY: $33

Download Manual (coming soon) | Ships within one week

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    • use your body as a patch cable to span two points

    • increase your connection with and reaction to the audio and CV from modular systems

    • expressive finger pressure changes (variable attenuation)

    • responsive to different individual skin conductivity

    • DIY version can be a helpful starting point for beginners to learn soldering

    1. DIY BUILDERS: For the DIY kit, you will need solder, a soldering iron, clippers, a file and basic soldering experience. Follow the directions in the manual. 

    2. PLUG IN: Change angle of orientation for ergonomic considerations, and proximity to surrounding jacks and knobs. Can be plugged in to the top of a stackable cable as well.

    3. PATCH: Use fingers (or other body parts, or patch cable points) to touch at least one input to one output (or multiple points) within a patch. Your body will cause a certain amount of resistance between points, and the amount of skin in contact with any point will alter the amount of attenuation. Further instability can occur from radio frequency interference introduced by your body acting as an antenna. More skin surface equals less attenuation.

    4. TWO HANDS: Touch patching with one hand offers less attenuation than patching between two hands. 

    5. MULTIPLAYER PATCHING: Touch your hand to an input or output. Have your friend (or chain of friends) touch another input or output. Touch or clap your hands to each other, closing the circuit. 

    • Use only within one system or rack of professionally produced synthesizer modules.

    • Use at your own risk. We are not responsible for damage to persons or goods.

    • It is not recommended for use with other instruments or purposes beyond modular synthesizer patching.

    • To clean the surface of AllFlesh touch points, first remove them from your system. Then wipe with a clean, dry cloth. If deeper cleaning is required, use a small amount of rubbing alcohol.

    • Dimensions: 11 x 17mm / 0.43” x 0.67”

    • Complete Kit Weight: 0.09 kg / 3 oz

    • Materials: Gold plated PCB (2mm) + 3.5mm audio plugs

    • 10 units per kit

    • Available as Complete (built) or DIY kits 

    • Complete version comes in a cassette case

    • Eurorack modular system

    • semi-modular synthesizers with 3.5mm jacks

    • PITCH BENDING: Plug one AllFlesh into the output of a sequencer module and another AllFlesh into the v/o input of a VCO (or VCOs). By touching both, and varying the amount of skin contact, you can bend the pitch of the sequence going into the VCO.

    • QUANTIZED DRUMMING: Plug one AllFlesh into the output of a trigger sequencer and one into the gate input of a drum module. Set the trigger sequencer to a fast BPM and hold your finger on AllFlesh. Rhythmically tap the AllFlesh on the drum module. 

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