Which ones? The Sela U111's are great. I wouldn't go that far down the rabbit hole (unless you want to go hardcore 1970s or something like that). I say this because all this gear will need maintenance at some point or another; I choose to pick my battles. Any clean modern mixer will do the trick, th...

I've nothing to add about the III but I've had and used 4s for many years. I've used it to manipulate the tape (tape loops, tape speed fxs, etc...) at length. Mechanically, it handles it better than any other players I've worked with in the past. The preamps sound great. Great as in, top notch pream...

I own and use regularly a DX7 and a TX81Z. Love both. If I had to choose, I'd stick to the TX81Z. It allows you to create performance patches that let you choose the sounds you want to assign to each voice plus has options to choose how these will be split between the two outputs (not stereo, just I...

DBX 165a. Also great for overdrive and distortion.

gorka wrote:I would've loved to have seen This Heat in 1981.

This!

I use bantam in my studio patchbay and love it for the shielding and open lug strip access (maintenance, standard with older audio gear, custom wiring, etc...). In modular gear, especially if one is to retrofit other modules (i.e. Blacet), Isn't banana jack the more flexible option? My question is, ...

I am. I record and tour all the time. Here's one of my bands that have kept me busy in the last 2 years. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF28yQkO744[/video] The last few years, i've been combining synth/samplers and drums. In this band for example, we have no bass player. I love doing that kin...

Crumar DS-2 - Oh my!! What a wonky beast. Never heard a synth sound so wonderfully out of tune yet always totally useable. Akai AX-60 - Can't really say why. Sounds great like the classics of that period. There's a little something extra about it... Everything clock related (arp, LFO..) seems to fal...

FatRocky wrote:



no a comparator generates from an amplitude threshold setting as you said. I want to set the threshold with frequency. Like the Atoner but more controllable.

Oh, right...

thelizard wrote: A comparator does that

I'll second that. The slope detector mentioned earlier is also a comparator.
For best results with audio, it's worth going into an envelope follower.
The doepfer a-119 does all this.

Korg Trident MKII

Found it in my in a in my father's friend basement. I was 17.
Paid 200$ for it and used it quite a bit. It eventually started to
have recurring issues. I sold it (full disclosure) to a friend a few years ago.

My mallet percussion. The be more precise, a vibraphone and marimba.
Too big, rarely play them (store them in a studio) and they're hard to move.

Thing is, in the studio, when either of those work in a recording, it can sound like magic.

e-tron wrote: Yes my z3000 mk2 has a very precise quality feel and well thought out. It pains me to sell it, but I have simply run out of room and individual Osc are the first to go

I feel your pain. Looks like I'm about to do the same...

On a more positive note, I just got myself some more Frac!

(that's what meant to say in the first place)

I've been into Frac since the start of my modular (non-format DIY aside). Only until Makenoise released their Pressure Points module, I never was interested by Eurorack. Eventually, I did get some Pressure Points and that sent me down the Euro path... I'll say this, Euro makes modulars a very boring...

I'm surprised to not see Tip Top mentionned more often in this thread. Their stuff feels very precise. I can say the same for Doepfer. I know feel (pots) is a slippery subject when talking build quality but when it comes to dialing and keeping voltages, it is a very reel issue. That said, Makenoise ...

You will have more chances in the Music Tech DIY thread with this one...
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My kids love the Casio SK-1. Perhaps a little short on knobs and sliders
but the sampler more than makes up for it.

Sounds great!

I've skipped over some content in this thread so not sure if this is has been
said but the Doepfer A-113 subharmonic generator is perfect for this sort of thing. It's the best way to get chords out of the modular IMO.

Woah! Very nice indeed.
Cool sounds.

King Crimson for sure!!

John Medeski has a very interesting take on the thing. Very hands on, pulling
on tapes, playing about with the flywheel speed...

I use the Fairfield Circuitry Maude Delay just for the wow and flutter. It's a great sounding analog delay but I always end up using it full wet, no regen and delay time at maximum speed. The latency is very playable. The delay line is modulated by a slewed random voltage. That, with the rest of wah...

I own a MarkI. I've owned and worked on many but this one I'll never sell. Like some have mentionned, the action on some of these pianos can be really stiff. Overtime, the felt material on the key pedestal tends to dry and make the leverage less efficient. This causes stiff and unresponsive action. ...

Thanks!

Nice panels!!! I wish my Blacet modules had a similar font.