[sdiy] The start of my modular

[jfm3]

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 20:40 -0500, Colin Raffel wrote:
> Hello everyone,

Hello. I hack kits, I often don't really understand what I'm building,
but I love analog modulars and I hope your project goes well!

> I am planning on including:
> 1) VC LFO/O (.1hz to 20khz)
> 2) VCO (10hz to 20khz)
> 3) VCLFO
> 4) +/- 12v Power Suply
> 5) Dual VCA
> 6) VC State Variable Filter
> 7) Sample Hold/White Noise generator
> 8) ADSR
> 9) Simple Ring Mod
> 10) Stompbox adapter

> Do you think this is a good assortment?  

I just went through the process of figuring that out for a bunch of MOTM
kits.

Your list is excellent, although to reproduce the usual "analog
monosynth" normalization, you'll want a second ADSR so you can have
separate envelopes for amplitude and filter cutoff frequency or
something else. You'll almost always have one ADSR on amplitude, a
second one is nice.

Also, don't forget to have a few mults crammed in there somewhere.

Have you decided what to use as a controller?

If you can, find someone who has a modular, and try patching it for an
evening or two.  You'll get a really good perspective this way.

You may want to listen to a bunch of different kinds of filters too,
before deciding.  A lot of the character of a sound comes from the
filter.

Upon speaking up on the MOTM list with a question like this, I was
carefully instructed to make a web site with pictures of what I was
building, and to give my synth a sexy name.  I hereby advise you
similarly.

As for the rest of your questions, I'll let one of the more legitimate
geniuses here reply. :)
-- 
(jfm3)