[sdiy] Building a modular

[larry at unicode.com]

As a long time 'home brewer' (more computer then synths, going all the way
back to S-100 days), I finally bought a Synth.com unit to get started.
Worked out GREAT!  I had kits, PCB's, and parts coming out the b... and just
never could get started.  Then I bought a base Synth.com unit (the QSR24,
http://www.synthesizers.com/qsr24.html) and now I enjoying playing with it
and adding the modules I never bothered with before.  I've built several
MOTM and Blacet modules and added them to the base system, and now I'm
starting on the EFM kits I bought.  A number of people don't like the lack
of schematics for the Synth.com systems, but with all that is available from
other sources, it has never been any kind of issue.  Plus, I know that I'll
always have some kind of working system no matter how many mods I make to
other modules that I add.

just my $.02!

Larry T.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Tony Scharf
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:42 AM
> To: Synth DIY
> Subject: [sdiy] Building a modular
>
>
> Ok, as the fiance has given her blessing for me to further over run the
> basement with gizmo's she doesnt understand...
>
> I havnt done much work with electronics since college, but I am sure a
> lot of it will come back to me when I get started doing a little DIY
> work.  I do still have good soldering skills (Ive done some simple work
> the occassional broken synthesizer).
>
> I am either planning to buy one of the 'packaged' modulars, either as a
> kit (if available) or preassembled or start with just buying a few
> signal processing modules (filters, shapers and the like) and using my
> current synths as signal sources to start with (ive already got a pretty
> good sized rig).
>
> what would you do?  Im probably looking at either the MOTM stuff or
> Synthesizers.com stuff.
>
> Tony
>
>