Greetings! I am a designer from Russia, and always wanted to bring to bring more beauty and vintage aesthetics into my modular system — the kind of charm that surrounded the early days of modular synthesis. I couldn’t find anything like that on the market (except for a few models from ADDAC), so I just decided to create it myself.
So, meet my small home-grown workshop: ParaTek.
These modules are designed primarily to bring visual pleasure and character into any rack — but they also perform real functions. As someone born in the early ’80s, I grew up inspired by the dystopias of Paul Verhoeven, the romanticism of Philip K. Dick’s worlds, and the gritty elegance of Soviet industrial monumentalism. My devices are infused with that nostalgia — warm lamps, raw textures, and echoes of childhood before the era of the Internet, when the ordinary light bulb and battery could become a fascinating entertainment for many evenings.
You can order PARATEK modules directly by email — paratekorg@gmail.com (I accept PayPal)
Or reach me out in socials: www.instagram.com/paratekorg/ or www.modulargrid.com/paratekorg
Please pay attention — all prices in EURO!
Check out some of the most popular modules below.
For more models and technical details, visit my ModularGrid page:
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Universal Radio Appliance "Nostromo" - "УРАН-238"
Analog sinthesizer of sound events based on abstract logic.
Hello comrades! I am glad to present you our new development!
Paratek «УРАН-238» — brand new desktop noise synthesizer designed by Noise musician for noise musicians!
• 6 floating square OSC`s with Knob, touch and CV control
• Angry resonant low-pass filter with full CV control
• A variety of nonlinear XoR logic and dividers allows you to create long polyrhythmic events
• Analog signal path
• 100% compatibility with eurorack synths
• 2 independent outputs and 6 divided gate outputs
100% nuclear free!
Unlimited possibilities for generating complex sound textures and sequences.
An ideal assistant for sound designers and music producers working in genres like chiptune, techno, industrial, noise etc
First promo batch available for preorder for only 700 euro ! Shipping this winter.
Any questions by email — paratekorg@gmail.com
More info will be added soon!
"TAKTOMER" series.
Gate signal counter units based on various Soviet nixie tubes.
• 6 programmable counting grids, from 2 up to 99/999 gates long (depending on counter model)
• Random output mode and build-in stopwatch.
• Built-in clock generator.
• «Echo effect» for inactive lamps.
• Remembers the last selected mode when power is off.
• Optional gate reset mode.
• Passive mult will allow you to combine the signals and send over.
• Built-in protection from the toxicity of lamps.
• Fast response, high speed support.
• Optional backlight with or without flicker.
"GЛИТЧ" series.
Analog signal visualizer inspired by Alex Zolotov (warmplace.ru)
GЛИТЧ-1 has a single renderer and passive mult.
GЛИТЧ-2 has two independent renderers and can operate in stereo or mirror mode. Also have a passive mult.
GЛИТЧ-3 has three independent renderers, with the possibility of duplicating the 2nd channel on all displays.
• Display output devices for visual interpretation of incoming signal.
• Nine different visualization algorithm.
• Wide dynamic range of input signals from audio to CV.
• Thru output.
Module specs: 6 hp, skiff friendly, black or aluminium panels and lot of button colors
"ЛИУ", "СИУ" and "ДИУ" series.
Tube, analog and LED VU-meeters with wide customisation options.
"Пуск-6" and "Пуск-3"
6/3 channel mute/gate unit based on handmaded vactrols with fast response
"МКС", "РИТМИКС" and "СЛИМИКС" series.
Audio mixers for any purpose.
• 8 independent mono channels for audio signal in just 12hp.
• Individual volume and pan functions per channel.
• Stereo output channel sum with led indication of output signal level.
• Instant mute button for master output with led backlight.
• 8 channels mixer in just 6 hp.
• Led VU on master out.
• And of course a wide range of LED colors and combinations.
• Skiff friendly.
"ЧАТЕЛЬ-6".
6-channel bidirectional signal router.
"P3PB"
Vactrol based unit, for interrupt or pass signals.
• Adjustable number of channels from 1 to 6 + tremolo mode.
• Two-way operation, high switching speed limit.
• 6 algorithms for channels changing via trigger/gate, including random.
• Manual and CV* control also available.
• Unit save the last settings when powering off.
• And of course, the lovely tube indication of the active channel
• Four independent generators perform two tasks depending on the operating conditions.
• When an external signal connected, the device breaks and passes it according to a unique random algorithm.
• In the absence of an incoming signal, the device transmits +12v to use as the gate, triggers, etc.
• Each channel has a smooth setting from rare skips (CCW) to infrequent interrupts (CW).
Utility units.
"SATURN"
Complex noise generator based on "paradoxical logic"
• 4 square generators with very wide range
• Manual and CV control of the pitch and activity of each generator
• 8 separate outputs with different frequency
• Dual built-in «or» logic with the ability to use with external sources
• The «singularity» function turns the module into a psychic attack weapon on dolphins
• Ability to generate from high-frequency mixed noise to long non-linear sequences
• Great source for percussion sounds