John,
Simple question; are you a keyboard player or a "synthesist"? If you are a keyboard
player, you will miss the ability to play chords. If you don't really play
keyboards (it sounds like you don't by the use of the D-Beams as MIDI controllers),
you might be ready for some fun! However, be prepared to "think laterally" and push
yourself to be creative with what will, at times, seem like a very limited set of
tools.
Eric
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blacklotus@... wrote:
> Folks, I am on the verge of purchasing a modular system from our own
> beloved Paul. I just wanted some user perspective
> on this decision with respect to giving up my digital VA's with their
> kerjillions of pre-sets (which is what I'd have to do to
> buy a modular before I turn 90! =:-0) Pardon my ignorance in what
> follows.
>
> I do like the variety of sounds in my Jp8080 and Audity 2000 (which
> is a software modular set-up--like it A LOT) ; the sound
> designers have done a fab job but.....its still "someone else's
> sound, when I really want to make my own. My work is
> ambient/experimental/deep space/sound design. I do have hard-disk
> recording (to a Mac / Pro Tools ) and a Boomerang
> Phrase sampling (with 4-minutes recording time ! So I can layer,
> edit, and build as dense as I like (I like!). I'm confident I
> could get sounds I'd love out of a MOTM rig, and I love keeping patch
> charts from my days with a Micro Moog and a Sonic Six,
> but still wonder if I'd be jones-ing for those "astoundingly lush
> pads" that somebody else designed on my digital machines.
> Realizing this is all dependent on the MOTM modules that I'd have to
> begin with, and after talking with Paul, I'm thinking:
>
> 180 Sub Oct Mux
> 300 VCO (x 2)
> 420 Filter
> 440 Filter
> 110 Ring Mod/VCA
> 800 Env Gen (x2)
>
> PSU, Rails, Kenton Pro 2000, etc.
>
> All to be interfaced with a Lexicon Vortex, Korg AM8000R, Boss SX-700
> (With Surround) and midi-driven by 2 Intercative Light
> Dimension Beams (infrared controllers).
>
> Now, I could sample the patches I have created of course, and use
> them from the Mac so I wouldn't lose "everything" I like
> about the VA's. I guess I'm asking, is the process of working on a
> true modular "too" minimal for me (miss my lush pads?),
> or can I arrive at the same fullness and beauty with simply, more
> elbow grease (gallons??) and creativity
> on a mod.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John Hunter
> Black Lotus Sound
>
>
>
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