In message <B6F1F450.74C%chris@...>, C. Whitten
<chris@...> writes
off, because I'm a low-budget sort :( and I'd need time to raise the
cash for sales tax & customs duty. Although the serge panel is a
smashing, & very cool thing, I really *really* wish they'd supply
seperate modules, and a mounting frame/rails like everyone else does.
buying a couple of modules at a time, I can manage. Scraping up 2
grand+ in one go is VERY difficult for me, and I'm sure I'm not alone in
having this problem
that Bruce Duncan referred to when he emailed me recently. I can
confirm that modcan's modules are VERY nicely put together, and look
nice & stylish too. Also, I've found bruce duncan to be pretty friendly
& cool, AND he'll supply small quantities (min 2 modules, in my
experience) However, I do sometimes wonder about their similarity to
serge layouts and functionality (I'm referring to the positions of the
pots & sockets on the panels, I don't know about what's "under the
hood", though modcan works off +/-15v instead of the +/- 12v that serge
uses, if that makes any difference) I don't know if this has occured to
anyone else.
I dunno....sometimes I look at the motm/blacet/modcan/wiard modules I
have, and reflect on the fact that if I'd just squirreled away the cash,
I'd probably have had enough for another 2 serge panels. Would it have
been better to do that? Functionally no, because I now have a more -
er- capable/functionally balanced synth, but OTOH, serge does have this
weird voodoo-istic quality about it, I used the serge panel (especially
the variable bandwidth filter) a *lot* during mixdown of our album, but
I never thought of using any of the other stuff (tho' I'd have probably
used the borg filter, if I'd had it then). Anyway, at some point in the
near future, I'm probably just going to have to get my head down and
spend the best part of a year scraping up cash for panel 2, and I
*really* wish I could just order up, say, a dual phaser and a couple of
resonant EQs...it would be *so* much easier...
blah..
best etc
--
norman fay
vietgrove
blue apple boy
newcastle england
<chris@...> writes
>It seems (although it hasn't been confirmed) that there is a long waitingIf I were to order serge panel no.2, the looooong wait wouldn't put me
>list for new panels. I saw a report of nearly six months for a custom panel.
>I've never really understood whether the shop panels are still being put
>together in Oakland and the custom ones by Rex in Wisconsin or not.
>Anyway, the whole situation puts me off ordering anymore panels and I know
>at least one other person who feels the same.
off, because I'm a low-budget sort :( and I'd need time to raise the
cash for sales tax & customs duty. Although the serge panel is a
smashing, & very cool thing, I really *really* wish they'd supply
seperate modules, and a mounting frame/rails like everyone else does.
buying a couple of modules at a time, I can manage. Scraping up 2
grand+ in one go is VERY difficult for me, and I'm sure I'm not alone in
having this problem
>Contrast that with ModCan who can complete an order in less than two months,I suppose then that you must be the "one other modcan user" in the UK
>with equal workmanship and at a cheaper price. In addition, ModCan have a
>website with (effectively) online ordering.
that Bruce Duncan referred to when he emailed me recently. I can
confirm that modcan's modules are VERY nicely put together, and look
nice & stylish too. Also, I've found bruce duncan to be pretty friendly
& cool, AND he'll supply small quantities (min 2 modules, in my
experience) However, I do sometimes wonder about their similarity to
serge layouts and functionality (I'm referring to the positions of the
pots & sockets on the panels, I don't know about what's "under the
hood", though modcan works off +/-15v instead of the +/- 12v that serge
uses, if that makes any difference) I don't know if this has occured to
anyone else.
I dunno....sometimes I look at the motm/blacet/modcan/wiard modules I
have, and reflect on the fact that if I'd just squirreled away the cash,
I'd probably have had enough for another 2 serge panels. Would it have
been better to do that? Functionally no, because I now have a more -
er- capable/functionally balanced synth, but OTOH, serge does have this
weird voodoo-istic quality about it, I used the serge panel (especially
the variable bandwidth filter) a *lot* during mixdown of our album, but
I never thought of using any of the other stuff (tho' I'd have probably
used the borg filter, if I'd had it then). Anyway, at some point in the
near future, I'm probably just going to have to get my head down and
spend the best part of a year scraping up cash for panel 2, and I
*really* wish I could just order up, say, a dual phaser and a couple of
resonant EQs...it would be *so* much easier...
blah..
best etc
--
norman fay
vietgrove
blue apple boy
newcastle england