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Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by osthelder

My mother always said "if you don't call it to dinner, it shouldn't
have a name!" I pretty much agreed with this logic until people
actually started buying my artwork. It became necessary to name
paintings simply to catalog them. Granted, the names some of the
pieces received were rather oblique attempts at humor; but if I
remembered it, who cared?

That being said, what have my fellow MOTM'ers called their systems?
I was struck by the names of things and places and activities and
events-The Long Now (a mechanical clock), The Borg (you know...),
Fist of God, Damius, Synth of Doom (goodness! What IF that thing fell
on you?), ad infinitum. Now that my system is nearly ready for
assembly into a collective, what to call it? I'm sure I'll come up
with something soon (read that as "obsessed and not likely to paint
the bathroom soon"...)but it would be fun to have full collection of
MOTM system names here in the list.

Spot is a nice name...

Chub (now THERE is a name)

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by blip

> That being said, what have my fellow MOTM'ers called their systems?

"monolith." motm modules, cv convertor, fr mobius in a six-foot tall black
rack that used to be part of a convex systems supercomputer. appropriate
name, no?

bleep.
out.

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www.mp3.com/leichenfeld
www.mp3.com/captainhotrod
www.mp3.com/silenttristero

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by CHRIS PARKER

>>>That being said, what have my fellow MOTM'ers called their systems?>>>

I've actually given this subject a bit of thought. I wanted to give my system a human name that took into account my Irish heritage, but which also was an acronym.

I've pretty much decided on SEAMUS (which stands for SynthTech Electronic Analog Modular Ultramusical Synthesizer).

-Chris-

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by Adam Schabtach

> I've pretty much decided on SEAMUS (which stands for SynthTech Electronic
> Analog Modular Ultramusical Synthesizer).

It also stands for Society of Electro-Acoustic MUSic -- see
http://seamus.lsu.edu/

My MOTM system does not yet have a name, which is somewhat surprising since
the seven computers in the house do have names.

--Adam

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Adam Schabtach
adam@...
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Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by Paul Schreiber

Must be out of dwarf names :)

Well, my servers are Frodo and Bilbo, and I always liked the name Esmerelda.

Paul S.


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RE: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)

Hmm, were I to follow that trend, my MOTM would be named "my precioussssssss".

As it stands, it has no name. OTOH, it also doesn't have a consistant inventory-- I've too many modules to fit in the rack, so it's constantly shifting. Perhaps I should just name it "inconsistant". ;)

--PBr

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Must be out of dwarf names :)

Well, my servers are Frodo and Bilbo, and I always liked the name Esmerelda.


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> > I've pretty much decided on SEAMUS (which stands for SynthTech Electronic
> > Analog Modular Ultramusical Synthesizer).
>
> It also stands for Society of Electro-Acoustic MUSic -- see
> http://seamus.lsu.edu/
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> My MOTM system does not yet have a name, which is somewhat surprising since
> the seven computers in the house do have names.

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by groovyshaman@snet.net

Middle Earth references are cool. My computers are named after Star Wars
planets: Yavin4, Bespin, Corellia, etc. I'm thinking of naming my 6 foot
high MOTM system "Death Star Synth" or something equally silly.

George

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> Must be out of dwarf names :)
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> Well, my servers are Frodo and Bilbo, and I always liked the name
Esmerelda.
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> Paul S.
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> From: "Adam Schabtach" <adam@...>
> To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [motm] Name That Modular!
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> > > I've pretty much decided on SEAMUS (which stands for SynthTech
Electronic
> > > Analog Modular Ultramusical Synthesizer).
> >
> > It also stands for Society of Electro-Acoustic MUSic -- see
> > http://seamus.lsu.edu/
> >
> > My MOTM system does not yet have a name, which is somewhat surprising
since
> > the seven computers in the house do have names.
> >
> > --Adam
> >
> > --
> > Adam Schabtach
> > adam@...
> > http://www.studionebula.com * * CD now available! * *

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by blip

> Middle Earth references are cool. My computers are named after Star Wars
> planets: Yavin4, Bespin, Corellia, etc. I'm thinking of naming my 6 foot
> high MOTM system "Death Star Synth" or something equally silly.

"that's no moon... it's a synthesizer!"

bleep.
out.

---
www.mp3.com/leichenfeld
www.mp3.com/captainhotrod
www.mp3.com/silenttristero

RE: [motm] Name That Modular! (or computer(s))

2002-09-23 by Jeffrey Pontius

My home computer is named "computer". The os software running on it has
various names depending on what it is (or not) doing relative to my mood.
Work computer is named "Bastet" after my cat.

My modular synth is called "modular synth" or just "modular" for short,
or "this insane collection of noise makers and modifiers that is probably
too expensive for a hobby" for long.

Probably I'm just unimaginative.

Jeff

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by Adam Schabtach

> Must be out of dwarf names :)

No, despite playing a fair amount of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in high
school, I never much got into the Middle Earth thing. I didn't even finish
the trilogy--lost interest partway through the second book.

My computers are named after people, and the names are arrived at through
some process of free association. In chronological order:

Beige G3: Samantha, after Samantha Fox. She does music, she does video,
she's rather well endowed.

PowerBook G3: Olivia, after Olivia DeBerardinis, the pinup artist. Sultry
and curvy.

Yikes G4: Charles, after Charles Babbage, inventor of the Difference Engine,
the precursor to the modern computer. The *difference* between a G3 and a G4
is the Velocity *Engine*, y'see.

Titanium G4: Audrey, after Audrey Hepburne. Stately, elegant, and often
photographed in black & white.

Dual-processor 1GHz G4: Nash, after Graham Nash, the mathematician. I'd seen
"A Beautiful Mind" a few days before the machine arrived.


Some people have asked why I name the computers. Mostly it's for convenience
and amusement. It's more cumbersome to say "I'm having networking problems
while moving files between the beige G3 and the 400MHz G4" than it is to say
"Samantha and Charles aren't speaking."

And yet the MOTM has no name. Neither do the other synthesizers. My Waldorf
Microwave was occasionally referred to as Wally, but that always seemed
somewhat unfortunate.

--Adam

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Adam Schabtach
adam@...
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Re: [motm] Name That Modular! (or computer(s))

2002-09-23 by robs7@aol.com

One geeky day when I had a small collection of modules on a gig I felt like the lead lines on the MOTM cut through like a sword. In keeping with full consistency of sci-fi/fantasy names, I thought to call it "Stormbringer." I still kind of like that.

But Herman is good too.

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-23 by gareII@aol.com

The computer at work I call &*&*$#^$#^)&()(&* !. Our techinican keeps fixing things that weren't broke to start with. Home system,don't see very much with a teenager in the house.
The synth in progress,I'm torn between Toby and Vidar.

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-24 by J. Larry Hendry

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From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) <noise@...>
As it stands, it has no name. OTOH, it also doesn't have a consistant
inventory-- I've too many modules to fit in the rack, so it's constantly
shifting. Perhaps I should just name it "inconsistant". ;)


As long as it doesn;t get comfused with incontinent.
snicker,
Larry

Re: Name That Modular!

2002-09-24 by phaeton777

My MOTM system was indirectly named by my wife when I first brought
home the 24 module case with only 3 modules in it. I mentioned that
was just the start.

"Wow...it's going to be big when it's done. Sort of the Godzilla of
Modulars."

Hence, "Modzilla"


Z.

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--- In motm@y..., "osthelder" <osthelder@n...> wrote:
> My mother always said "if you don't call it to dinner, it shouldn't
> have a name!" I pretty much agreed with this logic until people
> actually started buying my artwork. It became necessary to name
> paintings simply to catalog them. Granted, the names some of the
> pieces received were rather oblique attempts at humor; but if I
> remembered it, who cared?
>
> That being said, what have my fellow MOTM'ers called their
systems?
> I was struck by the names of things and places and activities and
> events-The Long Now (a mechanical clock), The Borg (you know...),
> Fist of God, Damius, Synth of Doom (goodness! What IF that thing
fell
> on you?), ad infinitum. Now that my system is nearly ready for
> assembly into a collective, what to call it? I'm sure I'll come up
> with something soon (read that as "obsessed and not likely to paint
> the bathroom soon"...)but it would be fun to have full collection
of
> MOTM system names here in the list.
>
> Spot is a nice name...
>
> Chub (now THERE is a name)

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-24 by jhaible

> shifting. Perhaps I should just name it "inconsistant". ;)
>
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> As long as it doesn;t get comfused with incontinent.
> snicker,
> Larry


Reminds me of one of my phasers.
Wanted to name it "Uranus" (which is completely innocent
in German), but my American friends convinced me that
"Neptune" was a better choice.

JH.

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-24 by Larry David

> From: blip <bleep@...>
> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:21:42 -0500 (CDT)
> To: MOTM list <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [motm] Name That Modular!
>
>
>> Middle Earth references are cool. My computers are named after Star Wars
>> planets: Yavin4, Bespin, Corellia, etc. I'm thinking of naming my 6 foot
>> high MOTM system "Death Star Synth" or something equally silly.
>
> "that's no moon... it's a synthesizer!"
>
> bleep.
> out.
>
> ---
> www.mp3.com/leichenfeld
> www.mp3.com/captainhotrod
> www.mp3.com/silenttristero

My computers are named after my children - well their nicknames anyway.
Lippenhower, Sprion and Penabler. For the modular I could use Shleb, Abner,
Sprout, Sprechinzelli, Cullipepper, Culabneron, or Kitten (or some others I
don't have on the tip of my tongue, er fingers at present). Oh yeah, I only
have 4 kids (well 5 but the latest is unnamed as we have not met him/her yet
- due in Feb.) and a penchant for silly nicknames...

Larry (the other)

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-24 by J. Larry Hendry

Thanks goodness these are the "nicknames." Those would be horrible real
names to go through life with. :)
Larry H


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My computers are named after my children - well their nicknames anyway.
Lippenhower, Sprion and Penabler. For the modular I could use Shleb, Abner,
Sprout, Sprechinzelli, Cullipepper, Culabneron, or Kitten

Re: [motm] Name That Modular!

2002-09-26 by Larry David

Oh their real names are straight up - Gabrielle, Matthew, John and Naomi
-all good biblical names for the kids of a preacher. :) We homeschool and
at some point I'm going to teach (some of) them about acoustics,
electronics, psychoacoustics, electronic music, signal processing etc., etc.
and the lab/application will be a mass of black panels with silver jacks and
knobs - hee hee hee - (always looking for ways to off some of the modular
expense into other budget categories...)

Larry D

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> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:44:09 -0500
> To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
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> Thanks goodness these are the "nicknames." Those would be horrible real
> names to go through life with. :)
> Larry H
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> From: Larry David <ldavid@...>
> My computers are named after my children - well their nicknames anyway.
> Lippenhower, Sprion and Penabler. For the modular I could use Shleb, Abner,
> Sprout, Sprechinzelli, Cullipepper, Culabneron, or Kitten