It used to be that you could call STS at just about any time and find
someone there. If it was Rex you'd be on the horn for an hour and a
half, but only if he was busy. Otherwise, three hours min. After
endlessly obsessing about which modules on which panel and coughing up
the 50% down, you could expect to get your stuff in a couple months.
After Rex's move & reorganization things have slowed down a lot. This
will probably improve in time... he has after all phones to set up,
boxes to unpack, etc. My sense is that it may be some months yet but,
esp with the shop panel thing going, turnaround time will get much
better. If Rex was just going to pull the plug, that's what he would
have done. Custom panels, I don't know... Rex seems to be in charge of
those and he wants to kick back and enjoy himself once in a while, so
the custom panels may be a long turnaround thing for some time.
On the Modcan thing... I have only had a brief time with Modcan gear and
my reaction was mixed. Yes, the website looks great and the gear seems
fine. Build quality is up there. I was interested in checking out the
ladder filter. Playability and sound quality, I was not real impressed.
The ladder filter sounded thin to me, and not real stable. The other
modules were fine, the quad vca was a bit funky in lay-out.
Anybody else have Modcan impressions? It seems that Mr Duncan took some
Serge things from late 70's vintage and did mixed liberally with his own
ideas. Yes, having separate modules is a very good thing. I don't know
if Rex will ever go that way, the R&D to changing all that stuff over
might be prohibitive.
JP
someone there. If it was Rex you'd be on the horn for an hour and a
half, but only if he was busy. Otherwise, three hours min. After
endlessly obsessing about which modules on which panel and coughing up
the 50% down, you could expect to get your stuff in a couple months.
After Rex's move & reorganization things have slowed down a lot. This
will probably improve in time... he has after all phones to set up,
boxes to unpack, etc. My sense is that it may be some months yet but,
esp with the shop panel thing going, turnaround time will get much
better. If Rex was just going to pull the plug, that's what he would
have done. Custom panels, I don't know... Rex seems to be in charge of
those and he wants to kick back and enjoy himself once in a while, so
the custom panels may be a long turnaround thing for some time.
On the Modcan thing... I have only had a brief time with Modcan gear and
my reaction was mixed. Yes, the website looks great and the gear seems
fine. Build quality is up there. I was interested in checking out the
ladder filter. Playability and sound quality, I was not real impressed.
The ladder filter sounded thin to me, and not real stable. The other
modules were fine, the quad vca was a bit funky in lay-out.
Anybody else have Modcan impressions? It seems that Mr Duncan took some
Serge things from late 70's vintage and did mixed liberally with his own
ideas. Yes, having separate modules is a very good thing. I don't know
if Rex will ever go that way, the R&D to changing all that stuff over
might be prohibitive.
JP