SergeModular

that's one of the things i'm looking forward to trying with my
forthcoming QUAN
- feeding it random and semi-random voltages.

I value your thoughts, - thanks

kim

On May 31, 2007, at 3:15 AM, darkstr1746@... wrote:

> Your going to love the Quan. I used my Quantizer on control voltages
> mostly. I did several recordings quantizing the output of a SSG. Also
> used that approach on the output of a DTG and playing the DTG controls
> manual wise. Paleozoic Twilight is a good example of this approach. It
> may sound like i'm doing shamless plugging but really i'm not. The
> disc is quite ancient by now has minimal interest. But for specific
> module uses it is a good example. John P has done some outstanding
> work that features a handful of modules used in interesting ways.
> Your latest custom layout looks like something i would have done. I
> consider it a good addition to what you already have.
> I'm not involved in Serge world anymore but i love to see what kinds
> of systems people are putting together. It gives a good indication of
> where they are headed musically. Hope y'all don't mind an occassional
> two cents from an old guy.
> kind regards
> jduval
>
>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> From: "matthew carpenter" <matfhew.carpenfer@...>
>>
>> Well, I haven't had a use for a quantizer. I would rather use the
>> space for something like a Boolean Logic or Schmitt Trigger. I'm
>> interested in creating very stupid artificial intelligence or
>> something like that. That, and having all of the Serge manglers and
>> filters! That's what you're lacking. That's an interesting and very
>> nice selection. How is the matrix mixer? I just noticed that you have
>> the VCFQ(X) and EQ but no VCF2 or VCFS. Maybe your Filter is my
>> Quantizer?
>>
>>
>> On 5/30/07, Kim Hansen <kimgh@...> wrote: Matthew, - what
>> about a quantizer if you're going to get a tkb or
>>> sequencer panel later ?
>>>
>>>
>>> I was also in the process of planning a custom panel
>>> when Rex's mail dropped, - so i've just ordered it before the
>>> deadline.
>>> I'd been planning and giving it a lot of thought for some time now,
>>> so i'm pretty confident that it's the layout i want - but i'd still
>>> like all you fellow sergers comments and advice.
>>>
>>> what i've ordered:
>>>
>>> QUAN(tkb) - PCO - NCOM - PDIV - RS - SSG - CVPRO - DSG - ADSR
>>>
>>> what i've already got:
>>>
>>> panel #1:
>>>
>>> PNRV - NTO - PCO - RING - VCM - AMX - VCFQX - DTG - UAP
>>>
>>> panel #2:
>>>
>>> FRS - CM - EQ - MAX - PRC - SPRC - 2VCA
>>>
>>> panel #3
>>>
>>> SEQ8 - DUAL ASR - ACPR - DTG - BLOG - SQP4
>>>
>>> I mean to get a TKB later, hence the QUAN for tkb.
>>>
>>> What do you think should be different in the new panel ?
>>> I like to use my ser ge equall y for processing external sources,
>>> noise
>>> sculpture and regular synth stuff.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kim
>>>
>>> http://www.antenne.suite.dk
>>>
>>> On May 30, 2007, at 11:41 PM, matthew carpenter wrote:
>>>
>>> > Haha, no no. Sorry, I hijacked this thread and now you're
>>> confusing me
>>> > with the other guy. I hope he doesn't feel left out! There's just
>>> so
>>> > little time to decide!
>>> >
>>> > I have the three panel system I posted pics of and was looking at a
>>> > panel that's comprised of a few things from the Soup Kitchen. My
>>> > future plans were two custom panels with a mix of sequencing and
>>> > effects but that ain't gonna happen, now.
>>> >
>>> > Do you, or any other list members have experience with the ext.
>>> > carrier version of the Frequency Shifter? (Yep, I've read the
>>> entire
>>> > history of this list and search the archives for comments on
>>> specific
>>> > modules from time to time)
>>> > ;
>>> gt; And, yeah, I did learn a thing or two from the rise and fall of
>>> the
>>> > Fist, John, don't worry!
>>> >
>>> > I thought I'd take the liberty of making this THE 'final custom
>>> panel'
>>> > thread -- sorry!
>>> >
>>> > My current config, for anyone who wishes to comment:
>>> >
>>> > NTO / PCO / VCM / AMX (w/ phase switch) / SSG w/ noise / DTG (w/
>>> sig
>>> > ins) / VCFQ(X) / UAP
>>> >
>>> > BUFF / SCPR / ACPR / ADSR / ADSR / VCF2 / MIX2 / VCFQ(X) / EQ
>>> >
>>> > NTO / TWS / RING / NCOM / ACPR / 2RVG / DTG / VCFS / 2PHA
>>> >
>>> > I will certainly add a sequencer and/or TKB in the future so this
>>> last
>>> > custom panel is meant to cover some territory I don't have covered,
>>> > already:
>>> >
>>> > PRNV / CM / FRS(X) / QUO(?) / XFAD / WAD / BUFF / AMX / VCM / DCSM
>>> >
>>> > I already have a VCM so I'm not sure about that one. But you can't
>>> get
>>> > one anywhere else and I'd hate to buy a Soup Kitchen just for a V
>>> CM.
>>> > Anyway, that's my idea. Looks like a Soup Kitchen but I already
>>> have
>>> > a 2PHA and I'm thinking of going for the ext. carrier version of
>>> the
>>> > Frequency Shifter, which it doesn't seem like either of the SK's
>>> use.
>>> > So, the VCM and QUO spots are up for grabs, pretty much, and IMO,
>>> you
>>> > can't have enough scaling buffers or mixers.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 5/30/07, darkstr1746@... <darkstr1746@... >
>>> > wrote:So it looks like your going to have two FRS and two WADs???
>>> > sonic damage abounds!! hahaha. With that set up, i personally don't
>>> > see any benifit by adding the BUFF and STR. But that's just my
>>> opinion
>>> > based on how i used that configuration. Others who are more
>>> > knowledgable with that module might shed some light. Not sure about
>>> > the NCOM in conjunction with that panel b ut it might fit in with
>>> the
>>> > othe panels better. One thing i learned from hard experience was
>>> that
>>> > when at all possible you should stick with "like functioning"
>>> modules
>>> > in one panel. I made several panels that when used with my system
>>> as
>>> > it was then were quite functional and made sense but when looked
>>> at as
>>> > "stand alones" were a complete train wreck and exceedingly hard to
>>> > sell later on. Just a word of wisdom.
>>> >> So choose wisely Grasshoppa : )
>>> >> kind regards
>>> >>
>>> >> jduval
>>> >>
>>> >>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>> >>> From: "matthew carpenter" <matfhew.carpenfer@ gmail.com>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Right, John, thank you.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Here's the layout I'm considering for a complement to my other
>>> three:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> PRNV / FRS(X) / CM / XFAD / QUO / WAD / BUFF / AMX / NCOM / STR
>>> /
>>> >>> DCSM
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I may change the sequence. Only shop panels I can foresee picking
>>> >>> up in the future would be the Sequencer panel and a TKB. So, the
>>> >>> panel above is in keeping with those plans so I don't
>>> unnecessarily
>>> >>> duplicate something.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Is it correct to assume that a QUO is a good addition to the FRS
>>> >>> with external carrier since it doesn't have a QUO on board like
>>> the
>>> >>> non-ext. carrier version?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 5/30/07, darkstr1746@... < darkstr1746@... >
>>> >>> wrote: All Freq Shift modules are 3" the extra space being taken
>>> up
>>> >>> by the CM. Rex will tell you that he doesn't do single modules.
>>> That
>>> >>> horse has been bea t to d eath for years. The shop panels
>>> >>> configuration is set.Anything else is custom and will probably
>>> stay
>>> >>> that way.
>>> >>>> The only way for everyone to get a handle on this is to make the
>>> >>>> phone call. Check out his head space and see what the deal is
>>> on an
>>> >>>> individual basis.
>>> >>>> jduval
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>> >>>>> From: "matthew carpenter" < matfhew.carpenfer@ gmail.com>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> How many inches does each version of the Frequency Shifter
>>> take?
>>> >>>>> The table says 3 but the pictures of the panels show 2.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On 5/30/07, matthew carpenter < matfhew.carpenfer@ g mail.com>
>>> >>>>> wrote: I use the Active Processor all the time for audio. I'll
>>> let
>>> >>>>> you know if it'll do a jump cut.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Yes, I'd like to place a last minute order, too. Such short
>>> >>>>>> notice!
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Right, that was my point about getting a panel with certain
>>> >>>>>> modules that we won't see on the shop panels... Or will we?
>>> All
>>> >>>>>> of this raises more questions such as: Will there be new shop
>>> >>>>>> panels with different configurations? Is Rex going to do
>>> >>>>>> individual modules? Answers to these questions may be more
>>> >>>>>> forthcoming by phone but they would certainly help me make my
>>> >>>>>> decision more easily.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> & gt;> ;>>>>
>>> >>>>>> On 5/30/07, riluttante < riluttante@... > wrote: --- In
>>> >>>>>> SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "matthew carpenter"
>>> >>>>>> <matfhew.carpenfer @...>
>>> >>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>> >
>>> >>>>>>> > Yeah, I like the Triple Waveshaper and Wave Multipliers,
>>> too.
>>> >>>>>>> The EQ is
>>> >>>>>>> > brilliant, and the VCF2, I've yet to form a more solid
>>> opinion
>>> >>>>>>> on, and I
>>> >>>>>>> > have two Active Processors which I use all the time. The
>>> NCOM
>>> >>>>>>> is great, too,
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> Can you get the Active Processors to m ake a real hard
>>> jump-cut,
>>> >>>>>>> with no audible "fade"
>>> >>>>>>> between the signals, when used with audio?
>>> >>>>>>> Or does nobody use the AP with audio?
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> > so many uses, and Rex called it a rock crusher, once. I'll
>>> be
>>> >>>>>>> getting
>>> >>>>>>> > another, and most of the lefthand side of a Soup Kitchen.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> So you're placing a last-minute custom order too?
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> > But, should any of us consider a module that we wouldn 't
>>> be
>>> >>>>>>> able to get on a
>>> >>>>>>> > shop panel, or in a practical combination with o ther
>>> modules?
>>> >>>>>>> How about a
>>> >>>>>>> > Matrix Mixer, for example? A Dua l Schmitt Trigger? Does
>>> anyone
>>> >>>>>>> have either?
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> Yeah, I guess those are history, at least in the way we know
>>> >>>>>>> them. I don't have a particular
>>> >>>>>>> need for either of those modules, I think, but you're right
>>> in
>>> >>>>>>> that if you'd want to own one,
>>> >>>>>>> you'd need to put a panel together right now. There's no way
>>> I'm
>>> >>>>>>> ordering another
>>> >>>>>>> complete Soup Kitchen, but I really want another Wave
>>> Multiplier
>>> >>>>>>> and EQ.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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