MOTM

Hi everybody,
how do folks on this group deal with recording their modular? My plan
was this, I as going to come out of the synth into a api type mic pre
with a built in DI. I wanted to go In to the DI and from there through
an OPAMP gainstage, output transformer and into my compy interface (
an MOTU 896 in this case) and it would be great, I'd be recording
squiggles and blips and then sequencing them. I planned to be so
happy. Finally I got all the pieces in place but the synth was too
hot. I was running oscillators into a motm filter and Wow, the output
of the filter was gigantically huge. So I switched to the mic pre
input and padded it down 20 db. Still so huge. Do i really need to get
a DI in between the synth and the pre? I really want some iron between
the synth and the computer. What do y'all do? I'd really like to know
how folks record their modulars so that i can have a variety of
techniques to choose from, unless there is just one way to do it.
Thanks
Paulo

Why a mike pre? Nothing mike like in these boxes.

I run mine straight into a mackie 1202vlz, not the mike inputs, just
the regular line inputs. From there into an m-audio audiophile usb,
then into the mac and cubase. No problems.

On 9/22/06, pow333us <fluxivity@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>  how do folks on this group deal with recording their modular? My plan
>  was this, I as going to come out of the synth into a api type mic pre
>  with a built in DI. I wanted to go In to the DI and from there through
>  an OPAMP gainstage, output transformer and into my compy interface (
>  an MOTU 896 in this case) and it would be great, I'd be recording
>  squiggles and blips and then sequencing them. I planned to be so
>  happy. Finally I got all the pieces in place but the synth was too
>  hot. I was running oscillators into a motm filter and Wow, the output
>  of the filter was gigantically huge. So I switched to the mic pre
>  input and padded it down 20 db. Still so huge. Do i really need to get
>  a DI in between the synth and the pre? I really want some iron between
>  the synth and the computer. What do y'all do? I'd really like to know
>  how folks record their modulars so that i can have a variety of
>  techniques to choose from, unless there is just one way to do it.
>  Thanks
>  Paulo
>
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Well..........I don't have any MOTM modules but I do have a rather large Synthesizer.com modular that I input directly into the external inputs of a Korg Wavestation in order to use its internal effects. From there the output of the Wavestation goes directly into a Roland VS 2480 Digital Studio Recorder. Works wonderfully. SCR

-----Original Message-----
From: makeme1witheverything@...
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [motm] interfacing ?'s


Why a mike pre? Nothing mike like in these boxes.

I run mine straight into a mackie 1202vlz, not the mike inputs, just
the regular line inputs. From there into an m-audio audiophile usb,
then into the mac and cubase. No problems.

On 9/22/06, pow333us <fluxivity@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
> how do folks on this group deal with recording their modular? My plan
> was this, I as going to come out of the synth into a api type mic pre
> with a built in DI. I wanted to go In to the DI and from there through
> an OPAMP gainstage, output transformer and into my compy interface (
> an MOTU 896 in this case) and it would be great, I'd be recording
> squiggles and blips and then sequencing them. I planned to be so
> happy. Finally I got all the pieces in place but the synth was too
> hot. I was running oscillators into a motm filter and Wow, the output
> of the filter was gigantically huge. So I switched to the mic pre
> input and padded it down 20 db. Still so huge. Do i really need to get
> a DI in between the synth and the pre? I really want some iron between
> the synth and the computer. What do y'all do? I'd really like to know
> how folks record their modulars so that i can have a variety of
> techniques to choose from, unless there is just one way to do it.
> Thanks
> Paulo
>
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sduck409@...
makeme1witheverything@...

 
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>Hi everybody,
>how do folks on this group deal with recording their modular?

My MOTM synth goes into a mixing board (line inputs). The mixing 
board has 8 subgroup sends which I patch to the 8 inputs of a MOTU 
1224 A/D converter. This allows me to record 8 channels at once. The 
board handles lowering the 10Vpp MOTM levels to something that the 
1224 is happy with.

I have some apis also, if you realy want to use them for that sound, you will need to pad 
the input and also the output, the api's are very hot on most things and you will not get 
much evidence of the "iron in the path" utill the pre can be boosted. If padding the output 
of your synth does not effect any of the dynamics for you then go ahead. 

It would be kind of cool if there was a vco made with the api 2525 opamp, but might just 
be another expensive module to make stuff a little noisier.


--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "pow333us" <fluxivity@...> wrote:

>
> Hi everybody,
> how do folks on this group deal with recording their modular? My plan
> was this, I as going to come out of the synth into a api type mic pre
> with a built in DI. I wanted to go In to the DI and from there through
> an OPAMP gainstage, output transformer and into my compy interface (
> an MOTU 896 in this case) and it would be great, I'd be recording
> squiggles and blips and then sequencing them. I planned to be so
> happy. Finally I got all the pieces in place but the synth was too
> hot. I was running oscillators into a motm filter and Wow, the output
> of the filter was gigantically huge. So I switched to the mic pre
> input and padded it down 20 db. Still so huge. Do i really need to get
> a DI in between the synth and the pre? I really want some iron between
> the synth and the computer. What do y'all do? I'd really like to know
> how folks record their modulars so that i can have a variety of
> techniques to choose from, unless there is just one way to do it.
> Thanks
> Paulo
>