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Subject: Re: [motm] Live E340 & E350 demos

From: Thomas White <djthomaswhite@...>
Date: 2010-04-15

Fair enough. I did forget about Oakley and Scott does hold his own with Bridechamber. I just miss new 5u MOTZm stuff coming out. 1 module a year is hard for me since I have been around with MOTM since 2000. Maybe I am bitter having "grown up with" the future module schedule and have seen many modules not happen. SEM filter, triple pre amp, panner, filter bank, etc and now Euro guys get the jump on two of the coolest new modules out anywhere. Paul has an excellent vision for his modules and I want more official 5u. It seems the extra kits and 2.0 orders keep his backlog constant taking time away from 5u. It is all bottom line and delays end up pushing us addicts to other manufacturers or diy like Oakley, bridechamber, etc. 

However, I still wait for cloud gen and morphing terrarium to come out. I will buy both. I'd also love a great digital delay like Modcan, but $600+ is a lot to come up with these days. 

Thomas White
Natural Rhythm Music
www.naturalrhythmmusic.com

On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:46 AM, eric f <ach_gott@...> wrote:

I certainly ∗hope∗ Mr. White is aware of the Bridechamber as the Klee and MFOS sequencers are his design.  Not to mention the panel for his LPGs. 

On the one hand, I completely agree with you.  When I've built everything in my backlog I will have filled another ∗four∗ cabinets.  (But I won't keep it all.)  JH's brilliant designs, the stuff on E-M, etc. is too much to keep up with.  The great stuff being put out by Moon helps (if we don't discriminate between 5U panel widths) and there's Hordijk, STG, etc. etc. etc.  Tony @ Oakley has mentioned doing two more filters this year.

On the other hand, there is a perception out there that the MOTM format is dead.  Another manufacturer tried to convince me that .com was the only way to go now since nothing new is being released.  I couldn't bear to mention the stack of panels sitting in the kitchen so I just said "uh huh".  Someone who needs something off the shelf and thinks "MOTM format = MOTM" would have to think that our corner of the world lacks vibrancy.   

That's not Mr. White, though! 


--- On Wed, 4/14/10, Joe Miklojcik <jfm3@...> wrote:

From: Joe Miklojcik <jfm3@...>
Subject: Re: [motm] Live E340 & E350 demos
To: "Thomas White" <djthomaswhite@...>
Cc: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 10:58 AM

 

>>>>> Thomas White <djthomaswhite@ yahoo.com> writes:

> I should NOT have sold my Eurorack stuff 3 years ago. It's hard to
> find signs 5u is alive these days other than .com & Modcan.

I've found exactly the opposite to be true. My 5U modular has over
doubled in size over the last three years. Have you seen
bridechamber? Independent vendors on muffwiggler?

I've seen some of the new Euro stuff in action recently, and if you
ask me, with some notable exceptions, it's all either a) yet another
mini-wave, b) crappy versions of traditional synthesizer modules with
bug-music style normalizations, or c) crappy digital effects.

Feh.