In a message dated 10/30/99 2:57:47 PM,
DAVEVOSH@... writes:
>my first synth, circa 1974 ( ? ) was a paia, before they even had a keyboard,
>it used odd wires for contacts with buttons ( literally shirt buttons )
>as
>the part you fingered.
There are many here thanks to PAiA -- for good and bad reasons (though John,
Scott, and the former Mona have always been very helpful to me). I have a lot
of PAiA stuff, and will probably even buy stuff in the future from them,
though it's highly unlikely that I'll buy any analog synth stuff from them in
the future. I like the idea of you're using actual buttons though.
>third was a used paia with a keyboard. before that,
>i
>was just test oscillators, mono tube tape recorders from pawnshops and
>odd
>junk it built from circuits inspired from my ham radio days.
I still use a lot of this kind of stuff!
>do you have a url for the gentleman from texas ?
Not off hand, but his initials are Paul (Guitarzan Whompass MOTM) Schreiber!
Sorry, but I was making an(other feeble) attempt at humor, due to the fact
that when the list started almost a year ago, and there was almost no
traffic, we would often post wish list modules for Paul to ponder. I made a
few lengthy posts regarding the things I like about my small two panel Serge.
I "think" some people felt like I was advertising for STS on the MOTM list
(BTW, all my Serge stuff was bought from Serge T., not Rex P.), but my real
intention was (and is) to relate specific functions that I would truly desire
in a system. So it was surprising to see a thread which seemed to list all of
Paul's competition without mentioning MOTM at all.
>one thing that has amazed me is this resurgence in analog modulars. i`d
>swear
>there are more available now ( and better and less expensive in some cases
>by
>far, motm would seem to be an example of that ) than in the "glory days"
>of
>the 70`s.
I absolutely agree with this! I remember picking up some stuff from Serge T.
in the mid 80s (and it was obvious that he was not selling a lot of stuff)
and I asked him who his customers were at that time, "they are the... John
Barlows and ... institutions." I think many of us were (if only briefly)
wooed to the lure of digital, just enough to let the Moog, Arp, Serge, etc.
bite the dust. I never believed digital would supplant how I do EM, so I felt
extremely lucky to find such widespread interest in analog a couple of years
ago on the net. And as you said it's a great time since MOTM is like a 5th
(?) generation EM instrument, and Paul can and does learn so much from what's
gone before. Yes, I believe the MOTM modules available now are better than
the Serge modules I bought 15 years ago and are about the same dollar figure
(much cheaper when adjusted for inflation).
>i`m reworking my "future plans / wish list" and the motm triple filter
>module
>has moved up to near the top based on the enthusiastic things i`ve read
>from
>folks on the list.
Check out all the MOTM modules, and if that "secret module" is what I think
it is, we'll all be in for a treat! The 410 was the first module (not
counting the 940 patch panel) I fully intended not to buy one (I figured it
would be better to have three separate BP filters), then I heard the MP3 file
on the MOTM page, and it turned me around completely!
>what a great time to be able to rejoin the analog
>movement. would never have left except for money troubles due to health/
>life
>crisises. i`m glad to be back!
WOW! Yes, in those circumstances, it sounds like it is an especially great
time to be doing analog! Glad you're well!
John ("funny man?") Barlow