joining the modular club

Thu Dec 29 01:18:37 CET 2011

Thank for all the helpful stuff. I was using the modular planner on the Doepfer site, then this basic system came up and I am actually quite happy to have such a compact and self contained thing. 

There are some things I would like to add, but I want to keep things portable to more than a 9 RU case would be too large for me. So I have one extra row of modules. My system came with an extra VCA and a linear mixer, so it's worth starting to build anyway...;)

Since I am in germany I think I will get the 9RU case from Doepfer for it and sell my alu rack that the system is in right now.

Kai

On 28.12.2011, at 15:48, Tony Scharf wrote:

> Welcome to the club!  Modular will change your thinking about sound and music.
> 
> One resource you are going to love if you havn't yet found it:
> 
> http://www.modularplanner.co.uk/
> 
> This lets you play with various configurations and layouts as well as
> create 'patch sheets' by adding cables to the connections.
> 
> Currently, my modular is only half its total self.  The Monorocket
> case I had was an old version with a flaky power supply.  Steve and
> Monorocket is currently replacing it.  When I get it back, I am
> planning on expanding the system quite significantly (I got another
> nice bonus this year at work, and the OK from the wife to be a little
> bit irresponsible with part of it).  The ultimate system will look
> like this:
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lDYAt6tWRpZ17hjMAmFvC97rJgBaSYkKTpJ5DpLFUYo?feat=directlink
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BmtEeSlAX7VjFr29eFFD3N7rJgBaSYkKTpJ5DpLFUYo?feat=directlink
> 
> My goal with this expansion is to have a multi-timbral (though still
> monophonic) setup.  Ive gotten very much into generative music, and
> having all of those logic and modulation sources are excellent for
> that. I think my next expansion will be into video synthesis, but that
> is a whole other ball of wax...
> 
> For sequencing, I have tried a lot of things. So far, I have found I
> definitely don't like using the computer or playing it from a
> keyboard.  It just doesn't feel right if that makes sense.  I am very
> content to use the Z8000 sequencer and uScale when I want melodic
> scales.  The Flame Clockwork provides MIDI sync, which is all I really
> want from the computer world.
> 
> Another good blog to follow is Trash_audio.  Justin and Surachai are
> local to Chicago and have hosted several synth meets, and host one in
> LA every year around Winter NAMM.  Analogue Haven has probably the
> best dealer website regardless of weather or not you order from them
> (and I cannot speak highly enough of Shawn Cleary at AH.  He has
> always been helpful).  I buy some modules new, but try to find used
> first - you will save at least 20% over new, and I have yet to hear of
> any modules having been actively abused.
> 
> Also, start planning on your second case NOW.  You may think the A100
> is going to be enough but...nope.  When you do, get a Make Noise Maths
> module (everyone will tell you this).  It's some of the most fun out
> there.
> 
> One other thing I would like to comment on about modular synths and
> the users.  Getting into it has really opened me up to a whole
> community of enthusiasts.  I have also had the privilege of having met
> several of the manufactures and had really interesting and inspiring
> conversations with them.  None of them are getting rich off of selling
> modules, so it really is a labor of love for them.  Some of these guys
> really are mad geniuses.
> 
> btw, in case you havn't already seen me on Muffwiggler, my handle
> there is Noisetheorem.  I post fairly regularly.
> 
> Feel free to ask me any questions you like.
> 
> Tony
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:17 AM, K9 Kai Niggemann <kai at kainiggemann.com> wrote:
>> Hi Bar,
>> 
>> ebay gave me a good price for my christmas present I made to myself: a Doepfer modular. It's the Base system I (the one without MIDI) and I am already crawling through a cobweb of cables on my desk, having fun and making the obligatory space noises.
>> 
>> So far I have been reading a lot on Andreas Krebs' blog, some at http://electro-music.com as well as http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/ and enjoying the nerdery and the spirit of (most of) it.
>> 
>> What other resources would you recommend (besides youtube, unless specific links, I think the Raul videos are way too snailslow for me)? I enjoy Dieter Doepfer's manuals too.
>> 
>> Tony, care to share a picture of your setup and elaborate on it?
>> 
>> also I am looking into sequencers, soft- or hardware, mainly interested in Phaedra (intro: 5$, later 10$) or Little Midi Machine (free) (both for iPad) as well as digital->CV integration. I have a rack mount TeeBee 303 with 4xgate/CV outs and am wondering if the Doepfer Dark Link would make sense to integrate it with either iPad, Computer or other Midi keyboards (since it has a MIDI in as well) and it's smaller.
>> 
>> anyone with any ideas is welcome. I love exploring this thing but some directions wouldn't hurt....
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> Kai
>> 
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