minimoog clone

[Hairy Harry]

Well....

My "ProOne" comments really was with respect to archetecture. The Mod 
section
is incredibly flexible for as simple as it is. If that was at the
left hand side of a minimoog clone, it would be a great improvement.

I would not use CEM's anymore for new design... too worried about
their continued life... otoh anything thru-hole is destined to die
sooner or later anyway.

I just bought 6 mini-toggles for about $5 each (special purpose so I had no 
shopping options) but I am RAGGED that Newark needed $8 to ship
them. they would have fit it in one square inch !!!

H^)  harry


>From: "Tony Allgood" <oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "Tony Allgood" <oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>
>To: "Synth DIY" <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
>Subject: Re: minimoog clone
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:52:22 +0100
>
> >Since you mentioned the ProOne... that is an instrument that truly
>deserves a clone.
>
>I don't think so. I like the Pro-1 but it sounds like everything else
>with CEMs in. If you were to go the CEM route the E&MM Spectrum synth is
>as good as it gets. But I do like the CEM based stuff, I don't think
>they are worthy of spending ages laying out loads of boards, or one big
>board to get that sound. I already have a Pro-1, well actually a
>modified OB-Sx board in a 2U rack, and it does sound nice but not that
>good.
>
>I think the System-100/101 keyboard from Roland is truly great. I may
>clone that myself very soon and do some boards for it too. It has an
>individual sound and is already patchable for sticking it into your
>other modules.
>
> >Re: the switch tops... doesn't anyone like mini-toggles? I hate slide
>switches!
>
>Yeah, both the Oddy's and the Pro-1a are truly terrible. Somehow the
>little switch caps that the Micromoog and Multimoog use seem to feel
>better. However, the slide switches are much better when mounted to the
>panel and not the PCB. But I like the little toggles, but good ones do
>cost quite a bot of money.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tony Allgood  Penrith, Cumbria, England
>
>Modular synth circuits, TB303 clone and Filter Rack
>www.techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk/projects.htm
>My music: www.mp3.com/taklamakan
>
>
>
>

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