MOTM

jason,

that's Krazy Talk! and kind of heretical for some folks, i suppose... but yes, i started off along those lines.  it's a pretty common approach among the noise guys & circuit benders.  or some of the early guys like David Tudor and Gordon Mumma.  and i think ARP had a series of modules packaged as individual boxes for school use? that show up on ebay every once in a while.

power is an issue--a lot of my early boxes were 9v battery powered, but that gets old fast... and expensive, especially for dual +/- designs.  also forget about stability, reliability, and all that good stuff.  & easy setups--last night i walked in w/ 1 suitcase-size box & a kittylitter pail (powersupply & cables) & had 30 modules ready to play in 5 minutes... compared to 45 minutes performing "the Soldering Piece" (as my longsuffering bandmates used to call it)...

b  


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>Message: 8	    
>   Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:37:15 -0800
>   From: Jason Proctor <jason@...>
>Subject: RE: Real Ring Modulator
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>>i have mine unadorned in an Altoids tin w/ 1/8"
>jacks
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>this sentence gave me hallucinations of a modular
>synth built into 
>all kinds of boxes and tins and jars and
>what-have-you.
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>does anyone have a frankensynth like this? it would
>be rad. want to 
>change your modular's layout? just put the boxes
>you want near each 
>other.... near each other. that MOTM-300 (green
>giant corn tin) needs 
>to plug into the MOTM-440 (paul newman pasta sauce
>jar). want to take 
>it somewhere? just throw all the boxes into a milk
>crate.
>
>power is a slight irritation. you could power each
>module off a 
>battery (sigh, if only paul had powered everything
>off 9v, he says, 
>expecting a shower of hieroglyphics), or just run
>some stereo 1/8" 
>jacks in a star configuration off an MOTM-950
>planted in a paint tin.
>
>THIS is how i want my modular. it's just too random
>and daft not to 
>do it this way.
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