Is Fat Man all that ?

[..,]

every synth has it's own characteristic sound. the fatman has a very unique
timbre much unlike any synth i've heard. it can sound sick and ugly at
times, but has tons of character-much more so (and this is purely my
opinion-not meant to spark up a big debate) than the novation basstation, or
doepfer404, or other inexpensive mono synths on the market. in my (purely
electronic) studio i have everything from serge panels and lexicon pcm80s to
electroharmonix guitar pedals and homemade noize boxes. i am a very proud
owner of a fatman as well, and currently use my fatman  in my tracks along
with very expensive, more "professional" synths.

with the fatman you get a unique sounding analogue monosynth, 2 oscillators,
2 envelopes, midi controll with and a cv/gate out. you can build it in one
night, and if you have even the simplest electronic experience, you can add
useful mods like a vcf in and an audio in to the vcf/vca. all this for a
measly $150.

i know people who aren't crazy about the fatman, but i don't know anyone
that has regretted building one, and if you're like most analogue synth
enthusiasts, you can't have too many synths!
-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Sheets <tsheets at saturn5.com>
To: Rob_Bullough at flextech.co.uk <Rob_Bullough at flextech.co.uk>
Cc: tsheets at saturn5.com <tsheets at saturn5.com>; synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
<synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Is Fat Man all that ?


>
>No, the ASM-1 is just a bare fab with extensive documentation.
>
>Mines at:
>
>www.saturn5.com/tsheets/asm1/
>
>-troy
>
>>
>>
>>
>> is this ASM-1 from Paia also ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Troy Sheets <tsheets at saturn5.com> on 13/12/99 18:42:10
>>
>> To:   Rob Bullough/160GPS/Flextech/UK at Flextech
>> cc:   synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
>>
>> Subject:  Re: Is Fat Man all that ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have never heard about anyone thinking the Fatman had that great of
sound.
>> It may be a fun project, but the sound is not very spectacular.
>>
>> Although it is a harder project to do, the ASM-1 is a much more exciting
>> synth after it is built.
>>
>> -troy
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have asked a question of this nature to you merry folk bfore but am
now
>> about
>> > to take the plunge, I have never built a synth before and am thinking
maybe,
>> > from what everyone said last time, that 'Fat Man' is my best bet,..what
is the
>> > verdict ? Is Fat Man the one for me ?
>> >
>> >
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