From Andy Horrell Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 08:16
>Well, I was waiting to get my whole system up to talk about this, but I >whole-heartedly recommend the Synthesis Technology MOTM! Incredible >quality, incredible company, professional, honest, good price. Check them >out at http://www.synthtech.com. If you don't have one already, why not? I >am finishing building the VCO this evening (you can buy them as kits or >preassembled). ST is going to be coming out with a starter systems this >summer I believe in case you have trouble deciding what modules to get. >Doepfer and Paia can't touch the quality of the MOTM. And it fits rather >nicely in a 19" rack. Seven filters are coming out this summer including an >exact replica of the MS-20 filter. I don't think you can go wrong with the >MOTM. > Modular is not really a budget avocation, but the MOTM is very well priced >for the excellent quality you receive. > >Cheers! >Tentochi > 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. Perhaps someone can explain why the MOTM divider costs so much. The Doepfer and Analogue Systems panels are 2mm thick, but on a panel only 130mm tall, this thickness will not bend of move at all - so surely a 3.5mm panel is simply overspecified. I have many PAIA products including a couple of 4700 modular systems, I enjoy making them - but not using them - as they never seem to produce any good sounds - but I'll keep building the PAIA stuff though... Andy Horrell