I have a G3 rack on top of a G6, so three rows of modules that I bought
used. The G6 was a BS1 with unaltered layout when I got them about half a
year ago, the G3 contained two extra EG's, a fixed filter bank, a CV source,
a voltage inverter, a dual VCA and some blanks. Naturally, after playing
with this for a while I started thinking about how to do a better layout...
My first thought was that I had three rows to play with and should take
advantage of that fact. I had also noticed that gravity works the same way
on patch cables that it does on everything else, and thus decided to put all
modules that needed very little tweaking (including all modules with no
knobs like ring mod, VC-switch, multiples etc.) on the bottom row along with
some blanks to help alleviate the birds nest that would materialize there.
In the second row from the bottom I have a more or less traditional VCOs -
filters & mods - VCAs layout, with a slew limiter to the left of the VCO's
as that's what made most sense to me at the time. This leaves the top row,
which gravity helps keep relatively tidy, open for LFO's, CV sources and
other stuff that I currently find myself tweaking most often.
Naturally, this is bound to change as I get to know this beast better. I
also want to get a few more modules (a few? yeah, right) and install those.
This will lead to my synth growing beyond the current capacity of the racks,
so I'll either need another G6 or I'll have to build something myself.
Either way, I'll be forced to rethink the module layout, which is probably a
good thing.
Cheers,
Silas
On 9/9/06, untiedstates <untiedstates@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Just wondering how y'all plan your module layouts.
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> I'm sure for massive modulars it's not quite so crucial.. I have a
> 100-P suitcase and space is a real issue.
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> I tried to organize the modules according to logic
> (VCO-VCF-VCA..etc..) but it doesn't make for the most comfortable
> patching. I'm going to rearrange everything according to ease of
> patching and knob-turning.
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> I guess in the end it doesn't matter how things are arranged.. just so
> long as you learn the layout. See, I like to do real hands-on
> manipulation rather than just patch a sound and leave it - keeping all
> the knobs easily accessible even with very complex patches becomes
> extremely important.
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> How do you arrange your modular?
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> -Bryan
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