Here is what I would advise:
1.) Start by buying a used synth with lots of modulation possibilities... say, a PEK or a Nord MM. Figure out what your needs are in terms of your music. Nice thing about buying it used is that if you want to sell it to finance your modular, you'll recoup most of your costs.
2.) Start small, as everyone says, and don't marry yourself to a single format. There's additional cost (power supplies, cables, and racking) in going multi-format, but the possibilities are wide.
3.) Buy used modules. My MOTM is getting to be monstrous because of the second-hand market kindly made possible by members of this (and other) lists. Also: no waits on the modules, something most of us in the boutique modular industry have suffered.
Other answers:
- You would have to suplement Cyndustries modules
(ZO excepted) with Modcan.
- There is a wait on many suppliers' modules (Modcan, MOTM, Cyndustries, among others).
- Don't fear others' hand-assembled modules. I've only ever had one problem and I think it'll be easy to fix (and the module is still 50% usable hence why I haven't unracked it yet).
- Analogue Haven stocks modules from a number of manufacturers.
- Don't tie yourself down to a module in the pipeline/awaiting re-stocking... waiting for, say, a Plan B VCO may leave you soundless for a few months.
- You need to know what the current draw for each module is and what the current supply of the power supply in question is to know how many modules it will support. You should leave a ceiling over that supply.
- Kenton makes a fine and inexpensive MIDI/CV converter. There is no such Cyndustries module.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
eric f
krh7c wrote:
krh7c wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm new here and to modular analogs. I've emailed Cynthia
with some questions, which she graciously answered, but then I found
out about this group, so I thought I'd ask some questions here.
I want to put together a modular synth that is a reasonable instrument
to start and can be evolved and expanded over time. Now I realize that
'reasonable system' is a very subjective term, but by that I mean
something that is not ridiculously expensive, has enough modules to
produce useful sounds with, etc. What I think would be out of scope
would be a $10,000 instrument with 50 modules in it (at least to
start)....=:-) Hopefully that gives you some idea of what I'm getting
at....
I want to buy this system already assembled and working (if I touch a
soldering iron, everything within 10 miles of me tends to turn to crap
=:-) ).
Does Cyndustries sell beasts like this (preassembled) ?
How do I figure out what size power supply I would need to support x
number of modules?
Does Cyndustries make a MIDI interface module that will let me trigger
sound from the modular from a MIDI device?
Before anybody yells at me, I HAVE looked at the web site many
times...if these questions are answered there, I'm not recognizing
them due to my inexperience with this type of hardware, so please be
patient. =:-)
thanks,
bigtiny
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