MOTM

i've got one, and like it quite a bit.  it sounds like--a ring modulator, very similar to the multipliers usually used for this effect, but... i hesitate to say "warmer", since that's so overused & underspecific, but there i said it.  more organic?  different in a good way, at least to my ears.  

i believe it does attenuate the signal(s) a bit... because of that and for versitility, you might want to add buffers w/ level controls on both ins and out (a couple of ken's 04 mixers would do it, if you don't want to wire 'em yourself).  but i have mine unadorned in an Altoids tin w/ 1/8" jacks, use it all the time.  i'll have it at AHMW if you're in the area.

bbob

>Message: 1	    
>   Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:00:19 -0800 (PST)
>   From: Don Ojeman <dfojeman@...>
>Subject: Real Ring Modulator
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>Does any one have this unit from CGS.synth passive
>module? I am courious what it sound like.
>Will it add more Fx?
>DIY project.

I'm thinking of buying a Dark Star module that's in standard Blacet format.
Can these be retro-fitted to MOTM format? (And how???)

Thanks,
Greg

>I'm thinking of buying a Dark Star module that's in standard Blacet format.
>Can these be retro-fitted to MOTM format? (And how???)

I would partly disassemble it and then put it back together witn new 
pots, jacks, and a Stooge panel. Would like like this:

http://www.tellun.com/motm/mods/bdsc/bdsc.html

or this:

http://www.hotrodmotm.com/ds_mods.htm

>i have mine unadorned in an Altoids tin w/ 1/8" jacks

this sentence gave me hallucinations of a modular synth built into 
all kinds of boxes and tins and jars and what-have-you.

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.

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
>
>>i have mine unadorned in an Altoids tin w/ 1/8"
>jacks
>
>this sentence gave me hallucinations of a modular
>synth built into 
>all kinds of boxes and tins and jars and
>what-have-you.
>
>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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http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~bschiett/audiocubes/index.html

--mikes

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Jason Proctor wrote:
>> i have mine unadorned in an Altoids tin w/ 1/8" jacks
>
> this sentence gave me hallucinations of a modular synth built into
> all kinds of boxes and tins and jars and what-have-you.
>
> 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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