MOTM

Hey, as I wait for my first box o'modules to show up I thought I'd toss
out a question:  what's your connection from your MOTM to the rest of 
your gear?

Looking at the Oakley site, he says of his OMS-410 "410 Helper" module
"The three audio outputs of the MOTM-410 are combined to produce an
outstanding stereo output. These outputs are especially designed to
drive long cables and can be tailored to produced ordinary line levels
for direct connection a to a mixer."

That got me wondering what everyone else was using.  Specifically, what 
module do you patch out of (VCA? something else?) and what do you connect 
into (preamp? mixing board? A/D?)

Thanks for any insights here...

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I have four cables into my mixing board dedicated to my modular. 
Sometimes these will patch into the output of a VCA, sometimes 
they'll be patched to the output of a filter, or to the output of a 
frequency shifter. Sometimes I'll have to run a few extra cables from 
the modular to the mixer if the patch has more than four distinct 
sounds that I want to record on separate tracks.

Some time ago, there was talk from texas about an output module, but 
that seems a bit superfluous if you have a mixing board.

>Hey, as I wait for my first box o'modules to show up I thought I'd toss
>out a question:  what's your connection from your MOTM to the rest of
>your gear?
>
>That got me wondering what everyone else was using.  Specifically, what
>module do you patch out of (VCA? something else?) and what do you connect
>into (preamp? mixing board? A/D?)
>

This is pretty much my setup, too.  Very flexible.  I tweak the 
input trim of the mixer as needed...

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Juskiw <scott@t...> wrote:
> I have four cables into my mixing board dedicated to my modular. 
> Sometimes these will patch into the output of a VCA, sometimes 
> they'll be patched to the output of a filter, or to the output of 
a 
> frequency shifter. Sometimes I'll have to run a few extra cables 
from 
> the modular to the mixer if the patch has more than four distinct 
> sounds that I want to record on separate tracks.
> 
> Some time ago, there was talk from texas about an output module, 
but 
> that seems a bit superfluous if you have a mixing board.
> 
> >Hey, as I wait for my first box o'modules to show up I thought 
I'd toss
> >out a question:  what's your connection from your MOTM to the 
rest of
> >your gear?
> >
> >That got me wondering what everyone else was using.  
Specifically, what
> >module do you patch out of (VCA? something else?) and what do you 
connect
> >into (preamp? mixing board? A/D?)
> >

I have  an 8 channel bus made out of 2.5m of unbalanced multicore going 
from a patchbay to a 1U panel on my modular. This has proven invaluable 
for several reasons:

• no more cables (hm, fewer..) pulled across the studio from the 
modular to my patchbay.

• the routing is flexible I can get to/from mixer/modular *real* quick. 
i.e. take a send from the console patch it to the bus, patch out of the 
bus to a filter etc. back into the bus and then into a channel on the 
mixer.

• as I have a few monosynths perched on/around my modular I use this 
bus as their I/O as well. Makes for easier integration of 
monosynth-modular fun.

• I start to think of my modular as a real extension to my mix 
environment rather than an extra device. I've even started using 
patches as inserts on channels.

I suppose these things are obvious to most folks but they were a 
quantum leap for my productivity and modular use.

ad


On Aug 4, 2004, at 17:44 Uhr, Mike Marsh wrote:

> This is pretty much my setup, too.  Very flexible.  I tweak the
> input trim of the mixer as needed...
>
> Mike
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Juskiw <scott@t...> wrote:
>> I have four cables into my mixing board dedicated to my modular.
>> Sometimes these will patch into the output of a VCA, sometimes
>> they'll be patched to the output of a filter, or to the output of
> a
>> frequency shifter. Sometimes I'll have to run a few extra cables
> from
>> the modular to the mixer if the patch has more than four distinct
>> sounds that I want to record on separate tracks.
>>
>> Some time ago, there was talk from texas about an output module,
> but
>> that seems a bit superfluous if you have a mixing board.
>>
>>> Hey, as I wait for my first box o'modules to show up I thought
> I'd toss
>>> out a question:  what's your connection from your MOTM to the
> rest of
>>> your gear?
>>>
>>> That got me wondering what everyone else was using.
> Specifically, what
>>> module do you patch out of (VCA? something else?) and what do you
> connect
>>> into (preamp? mixing board? A/D?)
>>>
>
>
>
>
>
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> 
> I have four cables into my mixing board dedicated to my modular. 
> Sometimes these will patch into the output of a VCA, sometimes 
> they'll be patched to the output of a filter, or to the output of a 
> frequency shifter. Sometimes I'll have to run a few extra cables from 
> the modular to the mixer if the patch has more than four distinct 
> sounds that I want to record on separate tracks.
> 
> Some time ago, there was talk from texas about an output module, but 
> that seems a bit superfluous if you have a mixing board.
 
An output module would still be a nice option.  I typically don't track
through my board, but rather through a preamp/limiter/A->D pathway.  

A module similar to the 940 Patch Panel with 1/4 inputs tied to 
DC filtered/buffered instrument and line level outs would rock. 

Paul mentioned to me that he had something on the back burner similar to
Blacet's Input Processor as well.  Having both on hand would seem to make 
cross-patching with other instruments and recording a breeze.  

(I'm sure the DIY contingent makes these things for themselves already, 
but for the rest of us...)

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John Neilson                                           jneil@...

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I'm driving a Carver PM-600 amp so I build an output module 
specifically for it.  I always want a foot pedal volume so I used one 
of the Charlie Lamm / EDN VCA pcb's with separate gain and cv inputs 
for left and right followed by an attenuator and capacitive coupling.
 
The module provides remote power control so the amp powers up with
the MOTM.  This way I can drive mono or stereo with foot volume from
my MOTM-850.

I also designed and built tape output modules that convert the
signals to -10 dB levels with input, output, mix, and feedback 
controls to interface to my Otari 4 track.  I can use these signals
if I need line levels. This allows me to either record or have analog
delays for each of the four channels. Both of these designs are on
the ModularSynthPanels group under the 'DJB designs' folder.

Dave
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, John Neilson <jneilyahoo@j...> wrote:
> 
> Hey, as I wait for my first box o'modules to show up I thought I'd 
toss
> out a question:  what's your connection from your MOTM to the rest 
of 
> your gear?
> 
> Looking at the Oakley site, he says of his OMS-410 "410 Helper" 
module
> "The three audio outputs of the MOTM-410 are combined to produce an
> outstanding stereo output. These outputs are especially designed to
> drive long cables and can be tailored to produced ordinary line 
levels
> for direct connection a to a mixer."
> 
> That got me wondering what everyone else was using.  Specifically, 
what 
> module do you patch out of (VCA? something else?) and what do you 
connect 

> into (preamp? mixing board? A/D?)
> 
> Thanks for any insights here...
> John Neilson                                           jneil@j...
> 
>     this message brought to you by 'e-mail' -- safe, clean, Modern!