MOTM

Welcome aboard!

> I hunger for real analog goodness, the squeal of hot oscillators, and
> buttery hum of a counterclockwise filter.

I suggest not mircowaving your oscillators.  And I recommend not buttering
your filters.  All of this has been done at the Synthesis Technology
International Headquarters based in Ft. Worth, Texas, USA (where everything
is bigger!).

> Here's what I was thinking about putting together for my starting kit:
> MOTM 900 (power supply)
>      420 (VCF)
>      380 (Quad LFO)
>      310 (micro VCO)
>      800 (envelope generator)

Oh no!  No VCA!  You gotta have a VCA!

And Paul's favorite set-up always has a second EG.

> Future-Retro Mobius

Nice unit.  The pics from the 2001 AHMW Gathering are of my Mobius.  I don't
think Jered went far enough with the firmware for it though.  And it can be
limiting if you don't have any other note controlling units.  Look around
first.

> A cheap drum machine to get me started (Korg ER-1?)

The Korg ER-1 rocks!  It is good at making lots of techy, blippy, Detroity
sounds (and more).  And it is a snap to program.  If you want a wide
pallette of sounds, this might not be for you.  Otherwise, oh yeah!

Just an MOTM, Mobius and ER-1, your sound might be a bit thin.  Why not get
something like a Yamaha RM1X, a cheap MIDI controller and a MIDI-CV
converter.  This gives you tons of drum sounds.  Control of the MOTM from a
hardware based sequencer and a realtime input device.

Ultimately, most people will want a MIDI-CV converter--needed to use MOTM
from computer.  And needed for any MIDI keyboard.  Most people usually use a
keyboard of some sort to control everything too--altough most of us are NOT
keyboardists.

The 900/420/380/310/800 set-up looks nice otherwise.  As Paul B. pointed
out, don't forget a case.

And as Paul S. stresses (if you are rolling your own), get good tools.

Happy tweaking!

--Shemp