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I too have a modular – Synthesizers.com 134 spaces, built up over three years and I still delete a module and add some of the more esoteric ones that pop up used. While I don’t spend nearly enough time with it, particularly since Frank brought #525 back to life for me (man that little guy – the 525, not you Frank- is a joy, even with it’s ideosyncracies). Anyway, the Dotcom is an incredible box for the price. Is it a Moog? Hell no. My Voyager kills it when it comes to the big sounds, but there’s plenty more than just that. A real Dotcommer might disagree with that last statement. I have not found that sweet spot though. What I wanted to point out, which seems to be the biggest issue ultimately for all micro-sized industry buyers is support. I can’t speak for the Vostok other than what I read in SOS
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan03/articles/ansvostok.asp
I have never, and I mean never experienced support like I have with the Dotcom. Misplug a module and eff it up? Send it back, and get a new one. One note on the VC keyboard goes bad after 5 years? Send it back. Fixed it up no-charge. Now that’s service. The one negative is that the modules do tend to be more generic, although there is the Moog 960/61/62/63 clone and a really nice Qunatizer that came out a while back. The quarter inch Moog format is a plus for me but not for some. It might be a stretch to put the portable format in a suitcase. MU format seems to have gained immense popularity. With that said, if you are in Europe, then the Vostok makes a bit more sense due to the usual exchange/duty issues. DotCom is NOT ROHS last I heard, although that might have changed, so shipment of new to the continent is a problem. Finally, if you want the best of a lot of worlds, get a Moog Voyager XL, if you have the sheckcles. Or a Buchla 200e. Okay, just kidding on that one.
RegaRDS,
John
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Doncourt
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:31 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....
Thanks Tony,I will !
On Jul 5, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Tony wrote:
Hey Tom, I love both of mine, just missed a 3rd (seller unposted, suspicious), oh well.
I'm going modular, in a major way.
I'll bet you'd like it, and I was an ARP tech in the 80's (good times), as well as an Oberheim and Sequential tech too.
Feel free to consult me, if you like.
Best,
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Doncourt
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....
Tony, I thought surviving marriage gave a person more soul!! I'll bet its in there germinating somewhere! I am curious how you like your 2600. I have been thinking about putting together a modular system , looked at vintage stuff and am looking at the new modular stuff- its's a little bewildering. I like the idea of a "suitcase" synth like the 2600 and also the new Vostok by Analogue Solutions.
On Jul 5, 2011, at 2:27 PM, Tony wrote:
Same here Gary, played guitar, 6 yrs of nothing for the lack of soul (too young I suspect), heard Tangerine Dream in college, and figured it out with my 2600, never recorded a minute of it.
100% improvised several times a day, got married 3 times, and each time it took a little bit of my soul with it.
Been "clean" lol for 3 1/2 yrs, and starting to feel the flow again.
Sounds like a load of crap, but you guys uundersand, and you're the only ones who's opinion I care about.
Isn't for lack of instrumemtation, that's for sure :-)
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Brumm
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....
Yeah Tony, I am that way with the piano. I grew up playing organs and synths with non-velocity keyboards
and I just don’t have the “touch” for the piano. Although I have been told that I don’t play the organ like a
piano player so I guess that may be a sideways complement J.
Gary
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tony
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 9:33 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....
Great growling beasts!
I just don't have the "touch" for them.
Guess I could work on it, huh?
Congrats on your deal man, it musta been meant to be!
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: tron400
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:27 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Somewhat off topic.... Hammond C3 story....question or two....
Two 122's and a 3-position half-moon switch.
...and congratulations!!
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Jack Younger <e4103s@...> wrote:
>
> Hello, All!
> So, I tend to frequent a particular flea market in Northern Massachusetts every Sunday and have found quite a few music-oriented things for short dough over the years. But this takes the cake. Allow me to set the scene:
> A producer friend of mine and I park the car and just as we are leaving the field to where the vendors are (it's outdoors), I notice a bench to a C3. I make a joke about where the organ is and think nothing further on it. We browse around, pick up some small things, see some friends and its time to go so we head back to the car. My friend decides he likes the bench (he recently got a CP70b and needs something to use with it) and the vendor gives it to him for $25, a sweet deal in and of itself. I quip "The organ is included in that price, right?" The guy says, "Well there IS an organ that goes with that, but you'd have to talk to the woman who owns it." They have no idea what model it could be, "...but it's a Hammond". We get her number and leave, excited by the mystery.
> Later in the day, I call her out of curiosity. Turns out, it was an estate item that didn't sell and she says, "We were going to smash it up and toss it in the dumpster. You can have it for the moving." !!!! I ask for pictures and model numbers. She sends them to my phone. Lo and behold...indeed, it's a C3! Purchased in 1959, it has sat in their living room, lightly used since then. Unfortunately, the tone cab was sold in the sale, but the organ remains. Apparently, it needs only one tube to function, but its mint, so even if there's more to be done, it's most certainly worth it.
> Long and short, I have movers grabbing it this week. So psyched! This will be an amazing addition to the studio and a nice friend for my Mellotron and recently purchased Rhodes 73 Suitcase.
> Now the questions for the B3/C3 folks out there....
> Obviously, I need a Leslie (which is why I'm not crying over the tone cab). I'm looking for a 122, 147, etc. and have a few local leads. My query is this:
> Do any of you prefer a Trek pedal to the half-moon switch? Tube or solid state? Pros and cons? There's a great tech here in MA that I'll have go through it, but I'd like to avoid any expensive experimentation. Any insight would be helpful.
> Thanks, and Cheers!-Jack
>