> Errr....no. If anything, the AudioEngine is going to cause an
> entirely different sort of "problem": that is, now that there
> is so much power behind a 2U or 3U panel, what do you DO with
> it? In other words, the difficulty will be in ∗thinking up∗
> the modules, not in the execution of them. 64 individual
> wavetable VCOs with VC loop points/morphing/cross-fades?
> Piece of cake. 1024 VC ADSR EGs?
> 2 hours of work, max. Entire DX-1 voice? OK! Any 200e module
> in the Buchla catalog? Done!
Um... 'nother problem: create a usable user interface for any of those
things that fits in a 2-3U MOTM-format panel. A good deal of the reason I
use a modular is for the physical user interface. If I were entirely happy
with LCD + small number of knobs/buttons user interfaces, I wouldn't need a
modular. In terms of signal-processing power spelled out in numbers like
1024 EGs or an entire DX-1 voice, I already have stuff like that in my PC.
Also, if you're spending only "2 hours of work, max" on your firmware, and
that includes testing, debugging, and external (beta) testing, I am
seriously not interested in the product. :-)
> OK, they here is YOUR assignment: what module that I don't
> have would you like to use?
There have been repeated requests for the last several years for an input
module with an envelope follower. There's also that pesky dual-VCA/panner
that people keep asking for.
> See, circular arguments just like
> this doomed the 300 Series from Wiard.
> You want strange/esoteric/bizarre? Grant handed it to you on
> a silver platter.
Personally, it wasn't strange/esoteric/bizarre qualities that prevent(ed) me
from purchasing modules from Grant. I saw a Wiard system in person and
wasn't at all pleased by the choice of knobs, jacks, and panel layout. It
made some great sounds but I just didn't like working with it. Case in
point: the Blacet Miniwave owes much to Grant, and it has been a popular
module among MOTM users--but in MOTM format, not in Wiard format.
--Adam