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Hey Timothy

I went that route, I started with essentially the mini configuration 
in a 6U frame, with one minor module substitution. It let me start 
expanding without a large up-front expenditure for an additional frame 
and power supply.

In retrospect, though, I ended up in the same place. It would have 
beed cheaper and easier to just start with the mini packaged system. 
There's plenty of opportunity for customization as you expand.

I ended up with a couple 3U frames anyway, so that I could arrange the 
bus the way I wanted. I might as well have started that way. Mindless, 
inexpensive, and effective.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., Stinchcombe Timothy <tstinchcombe@q...> 
wrote:
> > I unfortunately can't use the Excel sheet as I am a
> > non-Microsoft user. BTW, I'd be happy to volunteer 
> 
> Hi Sebastian,
> Don't worry about this - get a piece of paper and pencil and price 
up a few configurations! (Surely the planning is half the fun!?) 
Unless there is a significant saving over buying the modules 
separately I personally would steer clear of the Minisystem - there is 
so little difference between the price of the G3 and G6 cases, buying 
a G6 case and half-filling it with modules is likely to work out 
cheaper in the long run than a completely filled a G3. You could use 
the module selection in the Minisystem as a rough guide, a sort of 
'starting point for negotiations' (between you and your wallet!). 
You'll kick yourself if a week or two after buying it you decide you 
really need some more modules ("more modules, more modules, *must* 
have more modules!!!": it happened to me... :-), and then discover 
you'll also need to shell out what seems like a lot of dosh for the 
case to hold just one or two more...
> 
> There's also a *lot* of good stuff in the archives here that should 
give you some ideas!
> 
> Tim
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> I unfortunately can't use the Excel sheet as I am a
> non-Microsoft user. BTW, I'd be happy to volunteer 

Hi Sebastian,
Don't worry about this - get a piece of paper and pencil and price up a few configurations! (Surely the planning is half the fun!?) Unless there is a significant saving over buying the modules separately I personally would steer clear of the Minisystem - there is so little difference between the price of the G3 and G6 cases, buying a G6 case and half-filling it with modules is likely to work out cheaper in the long run than a completely filled a G3. You could use the module selection in the Minisystem as a rough guide, a sort of 'starting point for negotiations' (between you and your wallet!). You'll kick yourself if a week or two after buying it you decide you really need some more modules ("more modules, more modules, *must* have more modules!!!": it happened to me... :-), and then discover you'll also need to shell out what seems like a lot of dosh for the case to hold just one or two more...

There's also a *lot* of good stuff in the archives here that should give you some ideas!

Tim

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Must agree.  I'd avoid that 3U case like the plague.  Waste of metal.
But I think the standard mini system configuration is an excellent
starting point.  You could edit it, but it's really pretty carefully
chosen.  I'd definitely take a ring mod over a sample & hold for a
system that size.  The small system's much more about timbre than
control, and nothing will take you into bizarro world more easily than a
ring mod.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stinchcombe Timothy [mailto:tstinchcombe@qinetiq.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:13 AM
> To: 'Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [Doepfer_a100] Module Selection for New A100 Mini System
> 
> 
> > I unfortunately can't use the Excel sheet as I am a non-Microsoft 
> > user. BTW, I'd be happy to volunteer
> 
> Hi Sebastian,
> Don't worry about this - get a piece of paper and pencil and 
> price up a few configurations! (Surely the planning is half 
> the fun!?) Unless there is a significant saving over buying 
> the modules separately I personally would steer clear of the 
> Minisystem - there is so little difference between the price 
> of the G3 and G6 cases, buying a G6 case and half-filling it 
> with modules is likely to work out cheaper in the long run 
> than a completely filled a G3. You could use the module 
> selection in the Minisystem as a rough guide, a sort of 
> 'starting point for negotiations' (between you and your 
> wallet!). You'll kick yourself if a week or two after buying 
> it you decide you really need some more modules ("more 
> modules, more modules, *must* have more modules!!!": it 
> happened to me... :-), and then discover you'll also need to 
> shell out what seems like a lot of dosh for the case to hold 
> just one or two more...
> 
> There's also a *lot* of good stuff in the archives here that 
> should give you some ideas!
> 
> Tim
> 
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