Welcome aboard!
> I hunger for real analog goodness, the squeal of hot oscillators, and
> buttery hum of a counterclockwise filter.
I suggest not mircowaving your oscillators. And I recommend not buttering
your filters. All of this has been done at the Synthesis Technology
International Headquarters based in Ft. Worth, Texas, USA (where everything
is bigger!).
> Here's what I was thinking about putting together for my starting kit:
> MOTM 900 (power supply)
> 420 (VCF)
> 380 (Quad LFO)
> 310 (micro VCO)
> 800 (envelope generator)
Oh no! No VCA! You gotta have a VCA!
And Paul's favorite set-up always has a second EG.
> Future-Retro Mobius
Nice unit. The pics from the 2001 AHMW Gathering are of my Mobius. I don't
think Jered went far enough with the firmware for it though. And it can be
limiting if you don't have any other note controlling units. Look around
first.
> A cheap drum machine to get me started (Korg ER-1?)
The Korg ER-1 rocks! It is good at making lots of techy, blippy, Detroity
sounds (and more). And it is a snap to program. If you want a wide
pallette of sounds, this might not be for you. Otherwise, oh yeah!
Just an MOTM, Mobius and ER-1, your sound might be a bit thin. Why not get
something like a Yamaha RM1X, a cheap MIDI controller and a MIDI-CV
converter. This gives you tons of drum sounds. Control of the MOTM from a
hardware based sequencer and a realtime input device.
Ultimately, most people will want a MIDI-CV converter--needed to use MOTM
from computer. And needed for any MIDI keyboard. Most people usually use a
keyboard of some sort to control everything too--altough most of us are NOT
keyboardists.
The 900/420/380/310/800 set-up looks nice otherwise. As Paul B. pointed
out, don't forget a case.
And as Paul S. stresses (if you are rolling your own), get good tools.
Happy tweaking!
--Shemp