Doepfer

Hi

> Tell me... what the advantages and disadvantages of modulars regarding 'normal synths'? 
> What are they best for? 

Disadvantage: with a modular synth you have to build your own synth.
Advantage: with a modular synth you can build your own synth.
Using a modular synth requires that you already know about how a synth 
is working. But then you will be able to build the synth you want 
instead of the synth that Moog Music wanted.



But I think you (as many other poeple) are missing one aspect: The 
influence of a musical instrument on the player consists by 30 percent 
from the sound making part (the knobs and electronics in your Moog-LP) 
and by 70 percent of the user interface for creating notes (the keyboard 
of your Moog LP). If you complain about the LP, because it makes you 
play solo melodies - its the keyboard, not the synth section.

A modular synth which can be played only by a keyboard will be again 
mostly a solo melody synth under your hands. If you have a look at the 
video of this berlin guy, you will see, that his EMS-synth does not have 
keyboard. This makes him to create non melodic sounds. You for sure cyou 
ould do 80 to 90 percent of the EMS sounds with a little phatty, but the 
userinterface will make you always play melodies.

Florian