From John Emond Sent Fri, Apr 20th 2018, 01:01
From John Emond Sent Fri, Apr 20th 2018, 01:01
There are quad LFOs, EGs, and VCAs available. For a four input mixer there i= s the Hertz. Monde Synthesizer gives you More www.mondesynthesizer.com > On Apr 19, 2018, at 8:51 PM, Brian Willoughby <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wr= ote: >=20 > Hello all, >=20 > BACKGROUND: > I have a stack of polysynths and a mono, all of which have extensive modul= ation routing. These are SSM and CEM, plus some digital in places. I don=E2=80= =99t have any modular gear, unless you count the PAiA ADSR that I built in h= igh school that was stillborn due to electrostatic discharge. >=20 > I read about the all-transistor AJH Synth (on this list, of course), and a= ctually got interested in putting together their MiniMod system. Mostly this= is because I don=E2=80=99t have any synths that are pure transistor. >=20 > FAST FORWARD TO THE PRESENT: > I=E2=80=99m currently considering a four-voice modular. I briefly thought t= hat expanding the MiniMod to 4 VCO modules would at least be interesting, ev= en though that setup would be paraphonic. I could use the same modules for e= ither a hyper minimoog or a limited 4-voice. Then the obvious enhancements o= ccurred to me: 1) add 3 more VCF modules to dedicate 1 to each voice; 2) add= 4 more VCO modules to allow sync modulation of the other 4 VCO modules; 3) m= aybe simplify a bit and just use the PWM inputs on the original 4 VCO module= s for timbre modulation rather than sync. >=20 > Things obviously are getting out of control (in terms of a first modular r= ack - in size, not to mention price). Looking around at other modules on the= market, I see the 2hp line which includes a couple of VCO modules (maybe ju= st two revisions of the same product lineage). Since you really only hear th= e quality of one VCO when two are synced together (well, unless you actually= mix both together, which can sound bad), I=E2=80=99m thinking that I don=E2= =80=99t really need a full-size, transistor-only AJH Synth VCO for the secon= d set of 4 VCO modules. Pairing a 2hp VCO and an AJH Synth VCO takes much le= ss space for a 2-VCO sync pair. >=20 > I also see some nice 4-input mixer modules that would help. The AJH Synth V= CF is quite handy, with its minimoog-style 3-input mixer, but that only save= s me a module if I operate in paraphonic mode, and even then it only handles= 3 voices. The Rebel Technology Mix 04 and the Synthrotek MST Unity Gain Mix= er look like fairly compact modules for combining the 4 voices. >=20 > Anyway, I=E2=80=99m realizing that every time I think about this, I come u= p with a different patch, which then requires me to include a set of 4 more m= odules to implement the new patch idea. It=E2=80=99s beginning to sound like= building a 4-voice modular is a crazy idea, so I=E2=80=99m here to ask what= experience folks have to trying something insane like this. >=20 > Brian Willoughby > Sound Consulting >=20