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Re: OT cheap modular synths
Nice! I see you have a FAT sequencer too. I am mostly 5U .com now, with a
few Blacet. I have an Akai S-5000 with all the bells and whistles. Do you
think it is a good addition? I bought it, then stored it, haven't used it
much.
Mark
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On Sun, 12/18/16, mark francombe <markfrancombe@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: OT cheap modular synths
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2016, 4:10 AM
Hi
Art
On 17 Dec 2016, at
23:45, Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hey Mark,
Would you be willing to post
pictures of your DIY modular system? Sounds
cool!
I must
take some newer pics, but heres a page on my
site,http://www.markfrancombe.com/wordpress/my-modular-synth/ its
current status is the curved wooded thing you can see under
construction. There are some pics showing the IKEA racks i
mentioned, which is how i started. Not all of mine is DIY,
but most of it, and all module now. There is occasionally
modules i want that cannot be made by hand, then i save up
and buy, often generating cash by selling modules ive
made.PAIA is
pretty rubbish by todays standards actually, i have a couple
of mixer/adsr/vca modules that are a bit hissy, but have a
unique A curve on the envelope i like, but as kits, quite
old school, lots of floating wiring, and +- 15 v psu instead
of the usual +-12v. I would steer clear of Frac Rack, and
stick to Euro. (though i keep 1 row of Frac mainly for the
PAIA and 1module by Blacet called Binary Zone... a weird
staircase sequencer)
And
talking of sequencers, I have many, The deepest analog style
is probably the Klee, not a beginners module, Synthrotek
make a cute 8note, with some odd features, my latest build
is a teeny 6HP 2 channel 16 note module, PRIZMA very deep
lots of stuff like scale quantising, strange ping pong mode
that ping pings based in a base number you choose so if you
choose 3, you get notes thus: 12321234323454345654567- up to
step 16 resulting in a sequence that repeats every... er...
alot! But my
absolute fave is the very wonderfull Turing machine
sequencer, made of 5 seperate modules that work together and
you can make seperately. Kind of a random note generator,
which you lock on a sequence when something happens you
like...
Mark