SergeModular

Ben,

You can't see me shaking my fist at you through this screen and over the internets, can you?

Shame. Just imagine it, I guess.

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "b3nnysf" <b3nnysf@...> wrote:
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> hi,
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> I just want to throw another wrench into your decision making machine.
> lets look at the SQP real quick. It has trigger inputs for each step. These can then act as "sound presets", for example, you tune a bassdrum sound with the 4 voltages of step 1-- controlling various params on your serge. Then you tune a snare on step 2 (most likely a real funky snare because of limitations and creativity to overcome these)
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> OK, so now you still have 4 "presets" to make other sounds, bass, hi-hats whatever...
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> Trigger these steps with two gates. could be from your midi box, or a drum machine or even a really hot sample from the MPC's outputs. Now tweak params on your serge... (run it through a delay) instant analog drum heaven..
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> Sounds fantastic... I dont even own one yet!!!! AAArgh!
> later,
> ben
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> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "tbby_t" <tbby_t@> wrote:
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> > That midibox cv makes me wish I had some better DIY chops.
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> > It seems with the proliferation of m-odules that there are many folks looking at a creature + [x] boat. (As Ben notes above, the creature may well be the best bang-for-buck in the format.)
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> > So it seems I'm still torn on [x], which will certainly impact my further decision regarding midi conversion from my existing toys... at least insofar as the immediate future is concerned. My options seem to have narrowed to two:
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> > Should we let [x] = dual osc (I'll admit I hadn't really considered this, but it is damn tempting) I'm sonically capable of approaching "massive" territory... hell, I could even coax some duophonics... maybe. I'd likely be looking for a high resolution converter and would be more concerned with multiple cv than gates. All sequencing duties would remain in the MPC. My guess is that this would tend to lead me to a more "traditional" approach (at least as far as my historical way-of-doing-things is concerned). I'm also wondering at this point if I shouldn't just grab an Animal panel.
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> > Should we let [x] = seq-a (this is really where I started, thanks in part to kkonkkrete's youtube vid), while I may still do some note for note sequencing from the MPC, I'd probably spend a whole lot more of my time programming gates/triggers to control some seq-a functions. My convertor would now need more gates than CV (and from my preliminary research, it seems it would be a custom or DIY solution).
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> > Rambling here, I know... but I'm not one to take this lightly. I'm sure I'll make up my mind in a few days.
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> > --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "jarg_marbin" <jarg_marbin@> wrote:
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> > > I just entered the analog synthesis world myself with my first m-boat purchase: crature + audio interface last week.
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> > > I got this combo to turn all the audio I'm already good at creating (via gadgetry like Kaossilator and other instruments I've accumulated) into processed CV and gate signals. I'm still waiting for the Audio Interface unit to arrive, so in the meantime I'm going to build the "MIDIbox CV" (offers 8 CVs, 8 gates, DIY) http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_cv.html to provide another method of interfacing the instrument.
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> > > It was really tough for me to choose the right partner for my creature, especially when it's my first analog purchase, and not ever having seen or used one in real life before. I knew I wanted a flexible, expressive instrument, without too much redundancy. I also wanted to integrate the instrument into the music i've already been creating.
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> > > After reading every piece of documentation I could find, looking at every m-odule at http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/serge.php, watching every youtube video, and talking to Rex several times, I was going over the M-odules again and when I saw the Audio Interface this time I knew right away.
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> > > I think the key is knowing what you want to do with it, and knowing about the great many external sequencing/CV/Gate options to control the thing.
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