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A maker of modular synthesis equipment in the Eurorack and Dotcom formats. Based in California, the company consists of the husband-and-wife team of Stephen McCaul and Kris Kaiser; McCaul does the engineering, and Kaiser handles the marketing, finance, and other aspects of running the business. in a somewhat unusual arrangement, manufacturing is contracted out to WMD, another modular synth manufacturer.

The product line consists mainly of three emphasis areas: complex-waveform VCOs, sequence and pattern generators, and control voltage manipulation circuits, plus a few utility modules. (The latter includes a module that displays all of the power supply voltages digitally.) Visually notable is the black-and-aluminum panel graphic ethic, and the use of Latin phrases to name the module models. (The Web site explains the meaning of the Latin words, and how they relate to the module's function.)

Noise Engineering Web site