Chris,
My decision to add an "Animal" panel was based on the fact that I use the "Polyrhythmic Modulator" patch which I posted on the file sharing space a lot. It effectively "uses up" 3 modules. The Random Noise Generator, the Smooth/Stepped Generator, and a Dual Transient Generator. I pretty much keep these three patched up most of the time in this configuration. While I do have another of each of these modules, I often find myself wanting the used DTG while working. The Animal panel offers a special configuration of these modules together in a cluster, designed to do exactly what the patch that I am using does. It will allow me to free up 3 modules that are mostly dedicated now, and get the new configuration. Another incentive is that Rex is pretty adamant that he does Not want to build this new configuration into Any custom panels. for the time being, it is available Only on the Animal. He indicated that he Might include it in custom panels in the future, but it will be at a premium. The only thing that makes the Animal look likw a voice module is the fact that it's got a couple of oscillators. Even if you were doing pure audio signal processing, the PCO at low freq. setting is the best and most stable VC clock in the whole system, and the NTO can be used as much for frq. modulation as for voice production. The polyrythmic setup, along with the filters and VCAs, make this a pretty versatile panel. Add a Soup Kitchen 1, w/ Preamp/Env.follower,Freq. Shifter, WAD, Resonant EQ, Dual Phase Shifter, and a stereo output section, and you've got a processing setup that can perform as a synth if you need it. You're only talking about 2 osc.s here. As an aside, Rex has told me that part of his long-term personal plans will be to eventually retire himself from building the shop panels and let others do them, while he concentrates on custom work, as this is what he enjoys. There may come a time when these shop panels are looked upon not with disdain, but with lust instead. My system is made of six shop panels and one semi-custom panel. With the addition of the Animal, and one fully custom panel just to get the modules not offered on Any shop panel, It will be Very complete. you have to look at the shop panels and ask yourself why they were configured the way they are. These are not arbitrary configurations. If you order them carefully, you can grow the system as you like. I recieved my system of seven panels five days after placing the order, and have never felt that a custom system would have offered more. Just thinking,
Barry
"C. Whitten" <chris@...> wrote:
The modules contained in the 'Animal Panel' are listed under the
Wizardry/Shop Panels section of the Egres site.
Derrick asked specifically about audio processing, the animal panel seems to
my mind to have more in common with a synthesizer voice. For audio
processing I think one of the 'Soup Kitchen' panels would be a better bet.
I haven't been convinced about any advantages going down the shop panel
route. I've never seen a price quote to compare with a custom panel, that
would be interesting. I can see that the turnaround would be quicker but at
the end of the day, with the panels being so costly, I can't understand any
decision to order modules other than those you are convinced you need (or
want).
CW
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