EPROM and Minimal Audio launch Memory Rites synth pack

Minimal Audio and EPROM released Memory Rites for Current in late June, giving the wavetable synth a 60-patch expansion built from EPROM’s dark, tactile sound design. The bigger question for minimal techno producers is not whether the pack is flashy, but whether those presets add movement and texture without bloating a stripped-back arrangement.

The content leans in that direction, but not evenly. Minimal Audio breaks Memory Rites into 41 samples, 20 wavetables and 9 artist presets, while independent listings split the 60 patches into 25 basses, 14 leads, 9 pads, 6 keys and 6 SFX. That makes the pack look bass-first at its core, yet the pads, keys and effects give it enough room to shape a dry groove, tighten transitions, or add a little spatial tension to an otherwise minimal track.

Memory Rites also arrived in a new format. Minimal Audio calls it the latest Current Expansion Player and preset pack, a standalone instrument built on Current’s engine, so non-owners do not have to buy the full synth to use it. The pack sold as a one-time perpetual purchase for $29, while existing Current owners could buy it for $19. That pricing puts the release in reach for producers who want a focused palette rather than another sprawling instrument to learn.

Minimal Audio describes Current as a flagship wavetable synthesis and sound-design platform, and Memory Rites extends that identity with EPROM’s “distorted bass, complex rhythms, and machine-born textures.” EPROM, born Alexander Dennis and based in Portland, Oregon, has spent almost 20 years building a name around detailed sound design, and that history shows in the pack’s emphasis on sculpted tone over obvious hooks. The collaboration feels less like a preset dump and more like a transfer of method into a playable format.

For minimal techno, that is the real point. Memory Rites is strongest for producers who work with sparse drums, tense automation and a small number of moving parts, especially when the track needs one sound to carry a lot of character. The pack still reads as a better fit for darker bass music workflows overall, but the same tools that give EPROM’s patches weight can also give minimal arrangements the small shifts in texture that keep a groove alive.