From Paul Schreiber Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 13:20
From Paul Schreiber Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 13:20
> I looked at getting the MOTM once, but they are far too expensive - >their sub-octave divider costs $180 (£112) whilst the Doepfer unit costs $62 >(£39) - they do the same function, so I cannot see why you would recommend >such an expensive system to someone on a tight budget The MOTM-120 is NOT the same as the Doepfer! It contains *two* 4 stage dividers and 4 ring modulators. If you feed it 1 audio input, it divides it into 4 suboctaves, with individual mixes on each PLUS a mix on the input. If you feed it 2 signals, then it divides each one into the 4 sub-octaves then RING MODs the 4 sub-octaves with each other! You get the most wonderful 16-note beating patterns! Go to www.synthtech.com/motm and click on the MOTM-120 tab and then download the audio samples. A $500 modular is like a $500 car. You get what you pay for! As far as 3.5mm panels (eighth inch thick) being "overkill" ask any of my 75 customers if THEY think it's "overkill", along with the $6 sealed cermet pots, $23 differential pairs in the VCO that track 10 octaves or the $9 pc boards with LPI solder mask and poured ground planes that help get 87dB SNR as opposed to a Moog's 58dB (AM radio is about 62 dB!). Paul Schreiber