[sdiy] CC-Modular

[Seb Francis]

> >I wonder whether anyone can really hear the difference between an analog and digital LFO or env when using 12bit DACs?  Also maybe there are interesting possibilities in the digital domain such
> as different shaped envelope ramps, and exotic LFO shapes...
>
> I'd say that one CAN hear the difference (depending on the application). Why else do we run 24bit at 96kHz now? If you would use 20bit DAC's at a high frequency,
> that would be enough. But any way you do it, you have to set priorities. For the system as you describe it, _I'd rather do a huge patching matrix with all analogue
> (and maybe some extra digital logic/LFOS)  than mixing things up too much. You could as well run reaktor on you pc :)
>

Yeah, I think you're right.  And sound really is important.  Not sure about the comparison to reaktor though - IMO this sounds really awful - something like the NORD modular is a little better, but I have enough (2) digital modelling synths in my studio already ;)

It's not going to be cheap though to allow maximum patching flexibility .. Inputs x Ouputs / 16 16-1 Mux chips are needed, and this doesn't even allow patching of outputs into multiple inputs.

> I really hope that your will build this system, and that you show it to us!

I hope so too .. but don't hold your breath, the more I think about it, the bigger this project gets.

Cheers,
Seb