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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Modcan

From: elhardt@...
Date: 2001-03-14

In motm@y..., ivancu@a... wrote:

>>By the way, looking at the www.modularsynth.com site, why does Modcan
rarely come up on anyone's lists? I've not seen the stuff, but it does look
at least somewhat interesting.<<

If I weren't on some synth mailing lists I won't know Modcan existed. It is
the least visible modular synth. As fas as I know, it's never once shown up
or been mentioned in any magazine.


mate_stubb@... writes:

>>I looked into Modcan (and others) before I cast my lot with MOTM. Nice
module lineup. I rejected Modcan because I didn't like the physical format at
all. Tiny knobs make for hair trigger adjustments, and jacks are
indiscriminately intertwined with
knobs. I hear they sound good, however.<<

I came within a hair of going the Modcan route. MOTM didn't have many
modules at the time, but Modcan had a complete line. I wasn't thrilled about
banana plugs. But the straw that finally broke the camel's back as it were
was they group their 3x1 mixer on the same module that had a couple of lag
processors. The cost to get enough mixers, especially at the small size 3
inputs, was going to cost so much that I finally gave up. It's really bad
planning to put a function that a person needs a lot of on the same module
with one that a person only needs one of. Later on MOTM was coming out with
more modules, so Modcan's loss was MOTM's gain.

-Elhardt