Hey Larry -
I don't think this controversial at all! Many, if not most of us
have several manufacturers in our rigs. My rig is dominated by MOTM
because I believe MOTM to be the best quality. But I also have
modules from Oakley, Blacet, CGS, and Cyndustries. All of these
(except some of the Blacet) are in MOTM format.
The Stooges provide a great service with their panles. This service
enables many of the popular non-MOTM modules to be incorporated with
ease and visual compatibility. For other panels, I use Schaeffer,
which also make high quality panels, but that don't match visually
as well as Stooge panels.
If you'd like to see an example of a rig with all of these
manufacturers, check out the cover of the current SynthTech catalog:
upper left on the front page is my current setup.
Best,
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Larry T." <larry@u...> wrote:
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> The one comment that I would like to make (and I am not trying to
> start a war here) is that I don't think it makes sense to restrict
> yourself an ANY one manufacturer. And the beauty is that most of
the
> modular gear that is available uses compatible signal levels (as
long
> as you can deal with different signal connectors, power connectors,
> and mounting requirements). Even when there are overlapping
modules,
> there are often reasons to get different vendors modules in order
to
> expand you sonic pallet. And when all else fails, there are the
DIY
> options that often will fill strange and unusual voids (that you
may
> not even know you have till you run into the circuit somewhere).
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> Thanks again to everyone (even if this thread has not yet run it's
> full course).
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> Larry T. back to listening/lurking (for now)