Bastl Instruments 1999 Neo Trinity Expander [PRE-ORDER]

Bastl Neo Trinity brought the groovebox-style, gestural modulation workflow into Eurorack. Now, 1999 bridges the worlds of Eurorack, grooveboxes, and DAWs, opening up new possibilities for hybrid setups that are easy to build and fun to explore. Let Eurorack do what it does best. Let your groovebox or DAW do what it does best. Bring them together seamlessly with 1999 and get the best of both worlds.

Bridge to a seamless hybrid setup

1999 is a TRS and USB MIDI expander for the Neo Trinity modulation hub, turning it into a powerful piece of studio infrastructure and making it easy to integrate with external MIDI gear.

The classic TRS MIDI IN and OUT bring MIDI connectivity to your modular setup, and the MIDI IN is optically isolated to help prevent USB ground-loop noise. The USB-C port switches between DEVICE and HOST modes, allowing you to connect a wide range of USB MIDI devices and even power hosted devices directly from your modular system.

Connected to the Neo Trinity via rear pin headers, 1999 requires no extra front panel patching between the modules. But this is more than just a MIDI connection. With the new Neo Trinity 2.0 firmware, the modulation hub becomes a versatile MIDI-to-CV and CV-to-MIDI interface: Record CV/GATE sequences directly from MIDI input or from external CV signals connected to channels E and F. Control Neo Trinity parameters via MIDI CC, send knob movements to your external gear, or turn CV/GATE pairs into MIDI note output.

Double up

Need more modulation? Chain multiple Neo Trinity modules to expand your setup. The MIDI channels are automatically assigned according to the modules' position in the chain, making it easy to scale up your system while keeping everything connected.

Click, Clack, Clock

1999 also takes care of MIDI clock management, automatically detecting the available clock source while allowing you to select your preferred source. It can forward MIDI clock or convert the Neo Trinity's internal clock or incoming analog clock into MIDI clock, including Start and Stop messages.

• Width: 2HP
• Depth: 24mm
• Power: <25 mA @ +12V (<800 mA as USB Host) / 0mA @ -12V