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>Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 19:34:45 +0000
> From: elhardt@...
>Subject: Re: future type thoughts
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>Norman Fay wrote:
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>>>It seems to me that a quality mixing desk would be an ideal project, b/c we
>surely would all like something really really classy, but many of us can't
>afford it. A range of modular mixer kits would rule IMO because you could
>build it up piecemeal.<<
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>I think there is a major conflict in your thinking here. If affording a mixer
>is an issue, then an MOTM mixing desk is not the way to go. Mixers are cheap,
>and you can get quite a bit for not too much money. Piecing together a
>mixer in
>MOTM modular form would cost you many times the amount.
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>-Elhardt
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>
Of course there are a lot of cheap mixers out there, and you can get
"quite a bit" for not too much money, at least in terms of having a big
feature list, but a large format recording mixer, with yer actual "pro"
sound will cost a ∗lot∗ of money, likewise a pro compressor. There is a
reason why for example an Oram Sonicomp costs much, much more than
Behringer Composer Pro, and the reason becomes apparent just as soon as
you actually start using it. Likewise "high end" EQs, mic amps etc. I
am not aware of a high end studio audio manufacturer who sells their
gear in kit form, or a mixer manufacturer who allows you to build up a
pro console one or two channels at a time. I don't think there's any
"conflict in my thinking".
I must confess I am a bit disappointed with the responses to this. I
thought many of the people who are into modular synthesis would have a
parallel interest in home recording as well. It seems to me that a
range of quality studio tools would at the very least enable users to
get a better recording of their modular down onto tape or disc. I am
also sure that if someone did produce such a range, with Synth Tech
equivalent quality & assembly instructions, it would be a very
successful line. Instead people seem to think I am suggesting this as
an alternative to future synth module development, or even as an
alternative to already slated modules that are a done deal as far as
their actual appearance is concerned. I don't recall suggesting or even
implying either of thise things. I hope that in future someone does
produce a range of kits like I suggested, and personally I would prefer
it if it was Synth Tech, because I will know what level of quality I
would be getting, but (shrugs) whatever, y'know?
Whatever....
cya
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Norman Fay