MOTM

It's funny, I use both.  This is coming from a guy that has 35 (just 
counted) modules in my MOTM rack (MOTM, Oakley, Blacet, Stone, and 
Cyndustries), plus a few other analogs.  Sometimes there *is* no 
substitute for standing in front of your rack and patching and 
twiddling.  I've done a complete CD with just MOTM and to my ears it 
is completely fabulous sounding. And my younger brother, who is 
something of an audiophile, can almost always pick out the digital 
vs analog parts in a track (I can't!).

That said, I like the sound of Vaz Modular *a lot*, and the Oddity 
is absolutely wonderful, too.  Especially in a mix.  The Malstrom in 
Reason is unique and a gas to program and make music with.  Most of 
the software drum machines and sequencers in Reason and Sonar have 
become indispensible in my music, as is Acid with its huge sample 
library.  The closest I've coming to jamming with Robert Rich is by 
using his (head and shoulders most interesting and musical of all) 
Sonic Foundry sample CD 'Liquid Planet'.

I did not like the sound of the Arturia model all that much: it 
sounded a little flat and lacked depth and any unique charater of 
its own.  I'm not that fond of my Nord Modular for the same reason.

One more thing: there's no use keepin' 'em seperate - I often use 
the output of a VS into some of my MOTM to get extra yummies.

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Wagner" <Aardvark-mi@a...> wrote:
> OK, I'll bite... I downloaded the demo and checked it out... It 
sounds nice
> and the way the patch cords wiggle is really cool... But when you 
get right
> down to it playing and Modular synth is a very tactile experience. 
There's
> just nothing better than twisting and knob and grabbing a patch 
cord!
> Virtual synths no matter how good they sound just can't reproduce 
that
> experience with a mouse! I checked out virtual synths before I 
found MOTM.
> Once I got my first module it was all over for the virtuals!
> 
> A.W.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ivancu@a... [mailto:ivancu@a...]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:22 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] OT: This just isn't right...
> 
> http://www.arturia.com/en/modular/comingsoon.html
> 
> I'm still waiting for the virtual VIC-20 computer...
> 
> On the other hand, perhaps Paul will succeed so wildly that there 
will be a
> virtual MOTM in the future!
> 
> Ivan
> 
> 
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