Oh Yeah! They are beautiful, as are the rest of the bunch. The
highest quality, too, so they will be around a long, long time.
One more aspect that gets a little over-looked in my opinion is that
the MOTM is ∗BY FAR∗ the quietest synth with respect to signal to
noise. It's an entire no-brainer to record this beast. In fact,
that's the main reason I chose MOTM (and sold off modules from other
brands). As a happy side-effect, I also got one of the best sounding
synths avialable now or in the past.
Mike, big MOTM fan
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Chris Walcott <cwalcott@m...> wrote:
> I ordered a MOTM system and the first modules to show up were the
oscillators
> (and a power supply).
> If the quality of these oscillators is any indication of what I
have coming,
> then my patience will be generously rewarded.
> This is not a full, technical review. I just want to share some
sonic
> impressions that others may find useful.
>
> For now I've got my MOTM-300 Ultra VCO and MOTM-310 Micro VCO
patched into my
> Moog modular system and they tracked perfectly right-out-of-the-box
from my
> Moog 951 keyboard controller.
> This is surprising since I bought the MOTM-300 used and the MOTM-
310 new
> (both assembled by Synthesis Technology) and I had expected to have
to do at
> least a small bit of 1V/octave trim adjustment as I have with every
other
> analog oscillator that came through the door.
> But - they were ready to play as soon as they were patched in.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Synthworld@a... [mailto:Synthworld@a...]
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 8:22 AM
> > To: analogue@h...
> > Subject: [AH] MOTM oscillators
>
> I'm using them in conjunction with my Moog 921B oscillators and
they sound -
> and track - great together.
> (921Bs track much better than most people give them credit for).
Upon auditioning the MOTM waveforms, I found that the MOTM
oscillators give
> me that "extra-hollow" square wave sound that is missing from the
Moog 921Bs.
> I had previously planned on tracking down some Moog 901B
oscillators to get
> that sound, but when I whipped up a simple "Lucky Man" type patch
with the
> MOTM oscillators I was truly shocked at what I was hearing. A
friend of mine
> was over at the time and he has owned both 901B and 921B
oscillators and when
> I made the patch glide down to the lowest note, he had the same jaw-
dropping
> look on his face.
> And, I'm only using two oscillators (for now ;-).
> The sawtooth waveforms are exactly what I had hoped for - and more -
since
> they are much fuller sounding than I had expected.
> They also have the clarity of detail that gives me all the sizzle I
ever
> wanted from a sawtooth wave.
>
> So, am I impressed? Absolutely.
> In fact, after three decades as a synthesist and the owner of
several modular
> synthesizer systems (Moog, ARP 2500, Doepfer, Roland System 100)
and
> normalized analog synths (too many to mention), I've got to say
that the
> MOTM-300 and MOTM-310 are the best sounding analog oscillators I've
ever
> played.
>
> My jaw is still on the floor.
>
> Zon Vern Pyles