MOTM

Hi all,

I'm a rather silent member of the group here, but find this a very 
valuable modular synth resource.

I'm after some advice on what would be a good group of modules to 
purchase, to create self running glorpy glitchy soundscape type 
noises?

I already have an 800 EG an 900 Power supply (just to test the 
water, and my soldering skills).

My thoughs were towards the following. (all my buget will allow, for 
the moment)

300 VCO -assembled
440 VCF -assmebled
101 Noise / S+H -kit
190 VCA -kit
390 uLFO -kit
910 Mult

Any help / ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your time,

Jeremy.

> 300 VCO -assembled
> 440 VCF -assmebled
> 101 Noise / S+H -kit
> 190 VCA -kit
> 390 uLFO -kit
> 910 Mult

I'd swap the mult for another EG. Mainly because right now, I'm out of '910s :)

Paul S.

Jeremy,

go for the 300 kit. If you've successfully built an
800, then you'll be able to build the 300 too. Just
take it slowly. Make the 300 maybe the last module to
build on your list. I'd also go for the 440 kit. Or
maybe a 480 if you like the smooth Yamaha filter.
Apart from that you've listed the right modules for a
good and flexible starter system.

Best,
Dino



--- Jeremy <jdkirk@...> wrote:
> 
> I'm after some advice on what would be a good group
> of modules to 
> purchase, to create self running glorpy glitchy
> soundscape type 
> noises?
> 
> I already have an 800 EG an 900 Power supply (just
> to test the 
> water, and my soldering skills).
> 
> My thoughs were towards the following. (all my buget
> will allow, for 
> the moment)
> 
> 300 VCO -assembled
> 440 VCF -assmebled
> 101 Noise / S+H -kit
> 190 VCA -kit
> 390 uLFO -kit
> 910 Mult
> 
> Any help / ideas would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Jeremy.
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For glorpiness, there's nothing like FM so I would add a second VCO. 
If I had to substitute a module for that, I think you could do without
the mult...

Just one man's opinion :)

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy" <jdkirk@...> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a rather silent member of the group here, but find this a very 
> valuable modular synth resource.
> 
> I'm after some advice on what would be a good group of modules to 
> purchase, to create self running glorpy glitchy soundscape type 
> noises?
> 
> I already have an 800 EG an 900 Power supply (just to test the 
> water, and my soldering skills).
> 
> My thoughs were towards the following. (all my buget will allow, for 
> the moment)
> 
> 300 VCO -assembled
> 440 VCF -assmebled
> 101 Noise / S+H -kit
> 190 VCA -kit
> 390 uLFO -kit
> 910 Mult
> 
> Any help / ideas would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Jeremy.
>

> I already have an 800 EG an 900 Power supply (just to test the 
> water, and my soldering skills).
> 
> My thoughs were towards the following. (all my buget will allow, for 
> the moment)
> 
> 300 VCO -assembled
> 440 VCF -assmebled
> 101 Noise / S+H -kit
> 190 VCA -kit
> 390 uLFO -kit
> 910 Mult
> 
> Any help / ideas would be much appreciated.
> 

Jeremy

It sounds like you're off to a good start. My suggestion would be to
go ahead and get the VCO assembled and get a VCA kit to build asap,
just so you can start making some noise. Once you know that you've got
those modules working, it will be easy to test new modules as you
build them. 

By the way, the modules that Paul says are harder to build, like the
VCO's, mainly just take longer to build. 

Here are a couple of other suggestions. You may want to consider the
380 quad LFO, instead of the 390. This would give you twice the number
of LFOs, and the ability to make complex LFO shapes easily. 

You could probably hold off on the mult for now. When your system is
pretty small, you can get by with a couple of $3 Y-jacks from Radio
Shack. 

Instead of the mult, you might put the money towards a uVCO. The
second VCO opens up a lot of possibilities for cross-modulation.

Hope this helps!

I'll chime in here.  You have made a good first selection!

When getting started you can use this sort of Y-adapter instead of a 
multiple:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103712&cp=&pg=3&origkw=adapter&kw=adapter&kwCatId=2032058

Later you will find the MOTM-910 useful, too.

As Paul said, a second MOTM-800 would be a good choice, because you have 
two VCAs plus a VCF that all can use envelopes.  My opinion on the LFO 
is that the 390 is more versatile than the 380, so I would get a 390 
first.  You get square waves from it that you can use to trigger the 
MOTM-101 and the 800s.  I use a 390 as a master clock like this in 
almost EVERY patch.  Also, one of the two LFOs in the 390 is 
voltage-controlled, so you can get random tempos if you feed back the 
MOTM-101 to the FM input of the LFO.

To sum it up:  Substitute a MOTM-800 for the 910 in your list at first, 
and get a couple of Radioshack Y-adapters.

Richard Brewster
http://www.pugix.com


elle_webb wrote:

>> I already have an 800 EG an 900 Power supply (just to test the 
>> water, and my soldering skills).
>>
>> My thoughs were towards the following. (all my buget will allow, for 
>> the moment)
>>
>> 300 VCO -assembled
>> 440 VCF -assmebled
>> 101 Noise / S+H -kit
>> 190 VCA -kit
>> 390 uLFO -kit
>> 910 Mult
>>
>> Any help / ideas would be much appreciated.
>>
>>     
>
> Jeremy
>
> It sounds like you're off to a good start. My suggestion would be to
> go ahead and get the VCO assembled and get a VCA kit to build asap,
> just so you can start making some noise. Once you know that you've got
> those modules working, it will be easy to test new modules as you
> build them. 
>
> By the way, the modules that Paul says are harder to build, like the
> VCO's, mainly just take longer to build. 
>
> Here are a couple of other suggestions. You may want to consider the
> 380 quad LFO, instead of the 390. This would give you twice the number
> of LFOs, and the ability to make complex LFO shapes easily. 
>
> You could probably hold off on the mult for now. When your system is
> pretty small, you can get by with a couple of $3 Y-jacks from Radio
> Shack. 
>
> Instead of the mult, you might put the money towards a uVCO. The
> second VCO opens up a lot of possibilities for cross-modulation.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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At 7:15 PM -0400 6/8/06, Richard Brewster wrote:
>When getting started you can use this sort of Y-adapter instead of a
>multiple:
>
>http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103712&cp=&pg=3&origkw=adapter&kw=adapter&kwCatId=2032058

This reminded me that some time ago I saw on some web site a 
"portable attenuator." It was a 1/4" plug with a pot and a 1/4" jack 
all soldered together in a line. You could simply plug it into an 
input on your synth and have an instant knob anywhere you wanted it. 
Problem is, I can't seem to find it anywhere now. Ring any bells? 
There were also a mini-mult or two in the same style. I wish I could 
find them again.


       Seth

At 8:07 AM -0500 6/9/06, Chris Parker wrote:
>is this what you're looking for?....go to 
><http://www.moogarchives.com>www.moogarchives.com and click on 
>"Oddities" and then "PortaPots"

At 8:42 AM -0700 6/9/06, michael stein wrote:
>I know exactly what your talking about. It was called the port-a-pot 
>and the port-a-mult, I believe. I think it was DIY and not for sale, 
>but did not look hard to make. I will keep searching for a link, I 
>saw it fairly recently.



Yes, thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. I wouldn't mind 
buying them, but they seem easily makable as well.

Thanks again.


         Seth