Minimal Audio, who brought us Poly Flanger and this dope little freebie, has released Memory Rites, a new Current expansion created with EPROM and built around the distorted bass, complex rhythm, and machine-like texture that have shaped his production for years.
The pack includes 60 patches designed in Current, but the bigger idea here is how producers can access them. Existing Current users can buy the preset expansion for $19, while anyone who does not own the full synth can purchase the new Current Expansion Player for $29 and use Memory Rites as an instrument in its own right.
That makes this release a little different from a normal artist preset pack.
It gives producers access to EPROM’s sound design without asking them to buy a full synthesizer first, and it also gives Minimal Audio a new format for releasing artist-built instruments around Current’s engine.
EPROM’s Sound Design Becomes Something Producers Can Play
EPROM’s productions tend to feel engineered at the level of movement, distortion, and physical impact. The bass rarely sits still, the textures often feel partially broken, and the rhythmic details can sound as though they were pulled from a machine that was never meant to behave musically.
Memory Rites translates that language into 25 basses, 14 leads, 9 pads, 6 keys, and 6 effects presets. That spread gives the expansion enough room to cover the harsher side of his sound while still including melodic and atmospheric material for intros, breakdowns, transitions, and quieter sections.
The useful thing here is that these are complete Current patches, not static samples. Producers can play them across the keyboard, bend notes, automate movement, and reshape the sounds within an arrangement, rather than being locked to a single recorded phrase.
Current Expansion Player Opens The Door Beyond Current Owners
The release of Memory Rites also marks the debut of Current Expansion Player, a new plugin format that gives producers access to Current expansions without requiring the full version of Current.
The $29 version includes the player and unlocks the Memory Rites preset pack. Existing Current owners can add the same 60 sounds to the full synth for $19.
That split gives producers a practical choice. Current owners can load the presets into the complete instrument and explore the deeper synthesis engine. Everyone else gets a focused EPROM instrument with the presets, macros, modulation, and performance controls already in place.
It also creates an interesting path for future artist collaborations. Minimal Audio can build self-contained instruments around the sound design of individual producers, while keeping the patches connected to Current for users who want deeper editing.
Memory Rites is available now for macOS and Windows in VST, VST3, AU, and AAX formats. The Current Expansion Player costs $29, while the preset pack for existing Current owners is priced at $19.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
