Thinking about modulars

[Paul Maddox]

Andy,

 :)

 Perhaps

Paul

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Tarpinian <evildead at nyc.rr.com>wrote:

> Also - does this mean you are thinking about brining your designs to euro?
> :)
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Paul Maddox wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
>  Thanks for the info, and yeah I know how addictive it can be, I used to
> have a modular, actually I've had two in the past.
>
>   It just dawned on me, I have a 6U euro rack chassis (rescued from a
> dumpster at a previous employer) which I could use. though I really like
> the size of the tiptopaudio "happy ending" rack.
>   Can you (or anyone) tell me how deep your deepest euro module is? or is
> there's a limit of some sort? I'm thinking I could cut the sides on my down
> to "tilt" it. I also have a power supply (same as the monowave, +12v @ 1A,
> -12v @1A and +5v @ 3A so that's sorted.
>
>   Upon further investigation of my "random parts bin" I have the following;
> three Hearn Morley VCO modules (
> https://sites.google.com/site/hearnmorley/products/hmvco1b),
> two VC-ADSR modules (
> https://sites.google.com/site/hearnmorley/products/hmadsr1c),
> a dual VCA module (
> https://sites.google.com/site/hearnmorley/products/hmvca1b)
> and one of his SSM2040 clone modules (
> https://sites.google.com/site/hearnmorley/products/hm2040) so I could in
> theory build my own modules.
>
>   I've also got a couple of Tom Wiltshires VCLFO chips (
> http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php?page=projects.lfo9) and a couple
> of his VCADSRs (
> http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php?page=projects.envgen7).
>
>   So I could build it all myself, thing is I don't want this for making
> music, I want it for developing modules and testing ideas/concepts I have.
> I got the modules above to build a programmable monosynth, so I wouldn't
> use all three VCOs, nor all the VCADSRs/VCLFOs I have. So there's a side of
> me that says "buy it so you can focus on dev/test" but there's the other
> side that says "save the money and build it yourself"
>
>   Argh, too many ideas and not enough time.
>
> Paul
>
> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Also..be warned: this stuff is more addictive than crack.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Paul Maddox <yo at vacoloco.net> wrote:
>>
>> > So, I'm thinking about getting a very simple/small (and cheap) modular
>> system for tinkering with ideas and concepts.
>> > And I'm looking for some advice,
>> > Euro-rack is my preferred choice as it's small.
>> >
>> > I'll need the following;
>> >
>> > 1 x Rack (3U/84HE will be enough for now)
>> > 1 x Power Supply (I know nothing about what these are, I assume +/-12v)
>> > 1 x Power distribution (again, what kind?)
>> > 1 x VCO (1v/oct) nothing fancy, I want it for testing/scaling
>> > 1 x VCF again, needn't be flash 2 or 4 pole LPF
>> > 1 x VCA (linear)
>> >
>> > That's it, everything else I need (ADSRs/LFOs/MIDI2CV/etc) I have or
>> can make quickly enough.
>> >
>> > So, where and what do I start with?
>> >
>> > Paul
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