Doepfer

I'm kinda liking the look of the new Modcan a little better.

http://www.modcan.com/bphoto/front.jpg

Just a taste thing.

--Chuck

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> From: thomasborax [mailto:thomasborax@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Doepfer_a100] choatic synth kits for freaky types
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> hi folks-
> i'm posting as a favor for my friend peter b.  he is a young but very 
> talented synth designer here in baltimore, md usa.  he has just put 
> two synth kits up on his webpage.  i bought one myself and soldered 
> it together.
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> what they are are very strange experimental synths that are small, 
> can run off battery (or wallwart 9VDC) and have even a built in 
> speaker for very remote wilderness freakage.
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> the two varieties of kits operate on the same idea.  the 
> user "interface" on each is over a hundred brass pegs, which are 
> androgynous....meaning they can be inputs or outputs....there are 
> no "signal" connections or "control" connection so to speak.  one 
> gets sounds by patching all the pegs together with alligator clips, 
> or any conductor you wish.  also using the ground share inputs you 
> can interface many different external devices with them, provided 
> they are between 0 and 9 volts.  i understand that it may be possible 
> to export control voltages to the outside world as well, but these 
> must be buffered by a preamp, which is an easy circuit which peter 
> can show you howto do.
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> again, these kits are for the experimenter, but i think for folks who 
> use their modulars to get crazy sounds for sampling, you can have 
> here something quite small that can make the wildest voices patterns 
> and analog farts imaginable which will make your sampler hate you, 
> but make you happy.  the overall sound and approach resembles crazy 
> circuit bending, but way more flexible and intuitive than most 
> homemade "bent" contraptions.
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> the kit i did was the "fourses in the zihai".  it combines four 
> oscillators, which are constantly crashing into each other and going 
> nuts.  i took me about 25 hours of labor, cause i'm a careful 
> solderer.
> they are reasonably priced and cool as shit.  please check them ut 
> and pete's website at
> www.ciat-lonbarde.net
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> tell him mr borax sent you.
> ---tom
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