DivKid Unleashes Nekyia Circuits: Ceremony & Sigil – Twin Peaks, Filter Freaks, and Mod Mayhem

Let’s talk Ceremony—a twin peak filter that’s got more attitude than a bouncer at closing time. This 10HP beast is inspired by Rob Hordijk’s infamous design, but Nekyia Circuits have cranked the features up to eleven. You get a morphing state control that slides from classic low pass to a dual bandpass, with crossfading so smooth you’ll forget what side you started on. The two filter cores can be modulated, FM’d, and generally abused in ways that would make most filters beg for a lie down.

What really sets Ceremony apart is the sheer amount of control it throws at you. There’s CV for everything—frequency, resonance, crossfade, FM depth, and even a final VCA stage for shaping your output. Feedback loops on both filters let you dial in anything from subtle warmth to full-on, speaker-shredding chaos. It’s not just a filter; it’s a playground for sonic mischief. If you want polite, look elsewhere. If you want a filter that oozes character and dares you to push it too far, Ceremony’s your mate.

DivKid doesn’t mess about—he jumps straight into three patches that show just how much havoc these modules can wreak. First up, it’s all about modulating everything that moves. Crossfading between saws and subs, tweaking resonance, and slamming FM from one filter into another, the patch goes from subtle to savage in seconds. Sigil’s envelopes keep the VCA dancing, while Ceremony’s feedback and FM circuits add grit and growl. It’s a proper knees-up for your patch cables.

Next, we get into filter pings that are anything but polite. Ceremony’s dual filters let you create dynamic, dual-layered pings—think robotic percussion with a mind of its own. Crossfading triggers, modulating Q for decay-like effects, and layering FM and feedback, the patch morphs from clean blips to alien hooks. Sigil steps in to shape the envelopes, injecting rhythm and unpredictability. It’s the kind of sound design that’ll have your neighbours calling the council.

Finally, DivKid goes full drone lord, using Ceremony to warp and twist a clean digital oscillator into a morphing, evolving monster. Crossfading wavetable inputs, tilting twin peaks in opposite directions, and letting Sigil run wild with modulated envelopes, the result is a wall of sound that’s as thick as a Camden fog. If you want to see modular mayhem in its purest form, this is it.

This is where Ceremony and Sigil really flex their muscles. Filter pings become complex, dual-layered percussive hits, with resonance and FM modulation pushing things into uncharted territory. The ability to crossfade triggers and modulate every parameter means you’re never stuck with static sounds—everything’s in a constant state of glorious flux.

On the drone front, Ceremony’s twin peaks and feedback circuits turn basic waveforms into evolving, textured landscapes. Sigil’s envelopes add movement, creating shifting patterns and unpredictable rises and falls. Chuck in a bucketload of reverb and you’ve got drones that could soundtrack the end of the world. It’s the kind of sound design you need to hear to believe—words don’t do justice to the chaos and beauty on offer.