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From: Barry Michael [mailto:dzogchen2002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:43 PM
To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [wiardgroup] Show and TellJason. Yes I read the "shoot out". Very informative, and thanks to both you and Matt. Yea, I hear great things about the Wiard. My only misgiving is the 1/8" thing. I used to play an Arp 2500 back in the bad old days, and those things were always flaking out. Seems like they won't take the insertion count necessary for heavy use, and there is just physically not enough contact area in the mechanics of it. I want the functionality of the modules, but don't want to go to a 3rd patch setup. I already use 1/4" and banana. Oh well,
BarryM
Jason Maston wrote:
Modcan is nice. Good build quality, nice feature set, and a really clean,
precise sound generally. I've had my system for a couple weeks now, and
I'm more than happy with it. ; I've had the chance to play with Moog,
Buchla, Serge, and MOTM modulars, and I'd say the Modcan holds its
own. Of course, each system has its own strengths. I don't know if
you're on the SMOG Serge users group, but Matt Wilson and I put both the
Modcan and Serge through their paces in a modular "shoot-out" The end
result was give a little, take a little for both systems, IMO. I'd love
to do the same with Wiard in the mix.
J.
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RE: [wiardgroup] Show and Tell
2001-08-02 by Mike B. Fisher
Regarding the durability of the Wiard 1/8" jacks - time will tell, but
I've had my Wiard system for nearly two years and haven't had a single hitch.
Granted, that's a relatively short time in the lifecycle of a modular, but I do
a fair bit of patching, and whereas I -can- detect problems occurring with
similarly aged Doepfer modules, I haven't seen it on the Wiard. Personally I
feel that the added functionality and patching possibilities make the 1/8"
format well worth the trouble, even if it means that the jacks will have to be
replaced over the long haul. Also, patching to other formats is a snap - the
Wiard joystick controller has two small patch bays that go 1/8"-1/4"-RCA-Banana,
and if you need more there's a MOTM patch panel that has 8 of the
same, minus the RCA jacks.
Mike