Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Larry Hendry
Indianapolis, IN (or darn close to it)

I am sure one of the older members of the MOTM community (About the same
age as the founder). <grin>

MOTM is my first experience with modular, so I have a lot of learning to
do. However, it is not my first experience with electronics. I got one of
those two year technical electronics degrees back in the 70s because I have
loved electronics since I was a kid. I passed the FCC first class exam (a
big deal back then) with thoughts of going into broadcast or other
commercial communication technologies. However, along came the big bad
power company and offered me a job for twice was I was making. So, I
thought, I'll go try this and see if they need any electronic communication
guys. Well, that never panned out, but along the way I have become an
expert at making things work as long as the voltage is at least 12,500
volts. Needless to say, we don't solder anything in this business. And
unlike MOTM modules "current > 1 amp" does not mean broken. I learned that
from Paul S.<grin> The most fun part of my job is figuring out just how
many electrons I can pass through the air in a cloud of ionized gas and
still have it stop. The least fun part is when I let the smoke out of
things (often followed by fire and flying pieces).

My main musical influences are more generic and commercial than many of
you. I love Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, and most of the progressive rock
bands of the late 60s and 70s. Rick Wakeman's 6 wives of Henry the XIII
and Gypsy's In the Garden are a couple of my favorites. I also admit to
liking Grand Funk, Styx, Alan Parsons Project, Kansas, Deep Purple. Steve
Argent is keyboard player I really like. However, this list is certainly
not inclusive. My wife is from LA and introduced me to New Age stuff,
Kitaro, Vangelis, etc. Some of that I like real well too. And, the late
90s brought me back to liking popular music with bands like Sister Hazel,
Semisonic, and Matchbox 20. I HATE DISCO and although I don't hate rap, I
just don't get it.

MOTM gear: Well, I am a subscriber, so I have one of everything except the
patch panel. I have the Power One supply instead of the 3U MOTM-900. I
have two of several including the 320 (my favorite so far), 700, and 120.
I am up to three 300s now and want another. And, I have six 800 EGs. You
just cannot have too many EGs. I use the Kenton pro-2000 for my CV
control. I think my customer # is 006 (now that the list is up to three
digits).

Non-MOTM modular gear: I have only two non-MOTM modules. I have the
Blacet frequency divider and mixer. Neither of which is quite finished. I
am waiting for my Mouser order for all the extra parts I needed to bring it
up to standards. After being spoiled by MOTM, I could not do the 1/8 jacks
and knobs crammed right up to each other. My Blacet modules will be
heavily modified. I do have some older PAiA stuff (not modular). I have
the vocoder, spring reverb, and tube-head preamp. These are all semi-cool
for certain things.

Other analog: My favorite is my Jupiter 6. If I could have only ONE analog
keyboard (of the ones I have owned), that would be it. I also have the
rack mount Super Jupiter MKS-80 and programmer. Other poly phonic analog
(or mostly) include my OB-8 and Juno 60. the Juno 60 has DCOs. But, is
nevertheless cool and was my first poly synth. I have some lead synths
too: Yamaha CS-15, MicroMoog, Korg MS-20. I really like the Micro. The
filter is my favorite. The CS-15 is very cool, but somewhat generic. The
MS-20, I have not had time to learn to appreciate. In fact, I plan to sell
it.

Digital Stuff: Korg T1 and T2ex. Best sample based stuff Korg ever made
in my opinion (up until Trinity). T1 is my main studio board and the T2 is
my gig board / controller. I have a couple of those old DSS-1s (one with
SCSI) only because I like them. All analog filters, with sample PCM as the
oscillator. I have a couple of the rack mount DSM-1s cause they write
samples disks that the Ts can use. I have a couple of TX-7s because the
DX-7 tine piano is a classic sound I still use in music. Oh, I still have
a Casio CZ-1000 cause they ain't worth selling. I have other stuff, but it
is the boring variety.

Recording: I have a sixteen track digital system consisting of two Fostex
D-80s slaved together. I master to a Fostex D-5 DAT and burn CDs with a
Tascam 4X SCSI. I hope by this time next week to have a new AdB digital
I/O card to complete that trio.

Likes: Food, time in my studio, learning something new, my wife.

Dislikes: Incompetent people at their jobs.

Music plans for this year include recording some cover tunes here at home
with my wife, forming a money making trio (me, wife, guitar player), to
have some fun with, and writing some music - very synth oriented and
heavily laden with MOTM, and playing the organ a few times on hymns at
church (The only big tone-wheel Hammond in my life).

Opps. Too long. Sorry

Larry H