Wimpy??!

[Jim Johnson]

Glad your ego is strong enough to withstand my jibes, Paul. You're right,
that's a hell of a lot more synth than an SH-101.. but with the 101 I can
actually bend pitch and do arpeggios! And at the same time! But I do have a
policy of not dropping it....

Jim Johnson 
Metaphoric Software
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On 9/23/99 at 10:11 PM Paul Schreiber wrote:

>>>As for analog, it seems to me there is already a great deal on
>>>the market.  For $1,500 one could buy (already assembled)
>>>Paul S's system as follows:
>>>
>>>300 VCO    $319
>>>420 VCF    $219
>>>Evel. Gen  $129
>>>Noise S/H  $175
>>>Ring MOD   $185
>>>Power Sup. $170
>>>Total     $1197
>>>
>>>with $300 left over for a MIDI / CV converter.
>>
>>No offense to Paul, but that package is not much of a synth. A minimal
>>modular of this sort can't really do much. It's too small for the true
>>modular afficianado, and too complicated for  the average numbskull
>>keyboard player.
>>
>
>Not, not a good synth, needs more. If you build these as kits, though, you
>can add another EG, and another VCO
>and VCA for about $1500. That's about 90% of a 2600 or MiniMoog
>functionality.
>
>In fact, ALL of the current demos on the site are using this "basic"
setup.
>
>Not wimpy, but "entry level". Besides, MOTM is "the return of Big Iron".
>Drop a SH-101 on concrete, get broken plastic.
>Drop a MOTM, get chipped concrete.
>
>Paul S.
>my favorite programming language is solder.