Thinking about modulars

[Andrew Tarpinian]

What he said, the uzeus in the kit makes it dead simple. Also you can get an Ikea Rast($15) and drill in 6u of rack rails and mount the happy ending in there as well, it's the exact width. 

The only thing I think you have to watch out for with doepfer is that I have heard that some of their vca's (also mixers) can color the sound a bit. 


On Apr 8, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com> wrote:

> A good place to start is with a tip top audio happy ending kit.  That will give you power and around 80hp to play with.   The kit can either sit on a table top or fill 3u of rack space.  They are nice for starters and are fairly inexpensive.  You can also DIY a case if you are so inclined, and there are tons of resources out there for this.
> 
> If your looking mostly for testing purposes then I would say go second hand and go with doepfer. Their modules are cheap to start but because of weird rules And perceptions in the eurorack community, they can be had for an absolute steal on forums like muffwiggler.  For some reason, there is a serious bias against doepfer, but I have found their modules to be of good quality and utility.
> 
> Tony
> 
> 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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