[sdiy] good modular kit for a noob?

[David Ingebretsen]

I'll echo Sam's comments. I, too built the PAiA 9700 and share similar
views. The Blacet kits are excellent. I'm still in the middle of building
the ones I purchased and have found them to be of very high quality and
relatively easy to build. John also has a pretty broad selection.

It also never hurts to ask a module supplier if they would sell you a "kit"
I got a couple of modules this way, too. I think most don't offer kits
because many of the pre-built modules (at least the ones I have) make heavy
use of surface mount devices and don't lend themselves well to the "casual"
kit builder.

I can also recommend pre-built modules like the Synthasonic 8 stage phaser
which I bought (shameless plug for you Sam :) ).

Here are some good links for "kits"

http://www.bridechamber.com/bridechamber.com/Home.html

http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/

http://home.debitel.net/user/jhaible/hj.html

http://www.magsmoke.com/magsmoke.asp

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/



David


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From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Sam Ecoff
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:19 AM
To: sdiy DIY
Subject: Re: [sdiy] good modular kit for a noob?

Hi Jason,

I've built the Paia 9700 and many of the Blacet kits. I'd say that the  
Paia is an excellent first modular project if you don't have a lot of  
experience soldering or identifying parts. The major downside is that  


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On Nov 11, 2008, at 12:45 AM, jpitt at fhcrc.org wrote:

> Hey All-
>
> I've always wanted a modular and have recently built a couple  
> x0xb0xs and some ucapps.de midibox stuff and I'd like to try  
> building a modular now.  Does anyone have any good suggestions for  
> something to start on?  I'd ideally like to buy a kit so I didn't  
> have to source parts and make panels...is the PAIA 9700 thing any  
> good?
>
> -thanks
> jason
>
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