"imho, designing/building a Serge system just by plopping in modules or
building from a kit is similar to putting together a Stradivarius from parts
that you'd get from the master.. you may have all the right parts, but your
bridge might not be aligned properly, etc.. as opposed to having the whole
instrument (and that's the key word here as you point out!!) assembled,
fine-tuned/calibrated and tested by the master builder (which is what Rex
does)."
If you depend on the specific physical layout of a panel to create your
music, this makes sense. Otherwise, I'd have to question this line of
reasoning. By definition, a modular synthesizer consists of modules that
each exist as a separate electrical entity, whether each module is mounted
behind its own individual panel or grouped with other modules behind a
single panel. Each of these modules can be calibrated by the master.
Whatever physical layout you choose for a selection of modules, the
instrument will be functionally the same. This could not be said of the
parts for a Stradivarius.
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Re: Serge - So whats the deal?
2007-06-23 by Yulian Pugachevsky
quite a valid point.. however.. all of the "electrically independent" modules still share power and, in some custom cases, may be other wise interconnected internally. these common electrical connections (with power/gnd being amongst the most important ones) can be done with high-grade multi-strand hand-braded cable or with ribbon cables, edge connectors, etc.. furthermore, some other modular systems allow the user to adjust certain parameters using jumper or dip switches, located on the pcb.. and the signal that follows this type of mediocre path is sure to suffer.
in parallel to the stradivarius, its parts may be "individual" (as in your reference to individual modules), however there is interaction between them, like the vibration of the body and the tension of the strings affecting the bridge, neck, etc.. (which is my analogy to the common points between all modules)..
as far as modules being calibrated by the master (for the purpose of being integrated into a system).. they would need to be calibrated with respect to something... what i mean is; from what i understand of Rex's calibration/testing procedure; each module is calibrated with respect to the other specific modules in your panel as well as with respect to the other panels in your order (unfortunately he cannot calibrate them with respect to the panels that you already own).. he also mentioned to me that the psu needs to be fine-tuned once the system is installed in its destined environment. The same goes for the TKB.. the touch keyboard needs to be calibrated to the playing style of the user
On 23-Jun-07, at 3:25 PM, <scottnoanh@...> <scottnoanh@...> wrote: