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From: Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@...>
> I've never heard of these 'modules', and as you said, it would depend on
> how they sound, what vc is available, ... . Is
> there a web site that describes them (kit I assume), offers short audio
> clips, ...?

hello all,
i think i started this off, so it's up to me now
larry has posted the link (which is good because it's on my computer at
work, and it's change since i got the modules a year ago)
the only modules available are a bass and a snare, kits with full parts
apart from knobs & panel, the pcb is single sided, no solder mask, and needs
a little drilling for a suitable mounting solution
a cymbal was said to be in the pipeline, but when i emailed thomas henry
last month he said (and i quote) "i'm still trying to price out a decent
circuit board for this, so i don't know yet". there is no voltage control on
any of the modules, just trigger in, drum sound out. the sounds are okay,
plenty of controls to mess with, a little bit "boingy", like a simmons
sdsv - but i've only really started to mess with them there's plenty of
potential for 'other sounds'
there aren't any samples on the midwest site, but i have some loops i've
been recording - of course they're on the computer that's just had it's
processor upgraded, so i need to reset all the soundcard preferences,
again - if anyone wants to listen, give me a shout and i'll try and mp3 them
and put them on the web somewhere
the essential item to use with these modules is a midi to trigger convertor,
i use this in conjunction with a pattern based sequencer like the Korg ES-1
(electribe sampler) - very powerful combination, at the time the midiwest
module (the adv-midi) was the only one available, or that i could find - and
my one bugbears is that the trigger pulses are a little too short - it
won't trigger my dark star for example. the trigger pulses can be lengthened
to some extent with cap value change but i've not gotten around to this mod
yet. anyway, in the year since i've had the adv-midi, EFM has started
producing one, and i think John Blacet has one in the pipeline (or was that
synth.com..?)

cheers
paul b(oing boom tchak)