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Re: [analogue_systems] Re: Lost...Need help on different options

2006-04-02 by jacpere

The spawn is very well :I have one. It have a good midi/cv modul and 
nice filter but just one vco. You can update after with an eurorack.

jac


rapfellernyc a écrit :

>Thank you, What you're saying is making sense.
>I definitely don't want to use the same presets than everybody else in
>the kind of music that i'm doing. In the same time do I want to spend
> long hours creating sounds without being educated on sound designing
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>Does the Spawn would be a good choice to start with, being that it's
>semi-modular, and less expensive ?
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>The reason why I'm talking about modular synths in these posts is
>because it seems obvious to me that sounds possibilities are far
>beyond a regular analog synth...I just feel something when I listen to
>the demos !
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>--- In analogue_systems@yahoogroups.com, "nicholas_kent"
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>>Something worth noting about the original post is, intentional for
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>>not, none of those synths he liked are true modular synths. 
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>>So that to me implies while you can make sounds like those with a
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>modular, perhaps what 
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>>he really wants to focus on needs an analog synth but not an actual
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>analog modular?
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>>That said, you can make all sorts of sounds with a decent modular
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>that you can't do with 
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>>those synths.
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>>>please do not buy the Omega 8.  It sounds loud and bright but has
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>>Absolutely true as the comparison stresses the ability to behave
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>like a modular synth. It 
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>>simply doesn't and isn't ever going to. On the other hand it has the
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>ability to play chords 
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>>and store and recall patches once you've made them.
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>>The chord aspect of playing melodies is something you'd need to
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>invest a real fortune in a 
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>>real modular to even attempt to do.  It's one of those compromises. 
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>>The Moog Voyager is a bit of a one trick pony,  it 
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>>>does all the classic (old) Moog sounds but is about £700 over
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>priced.  
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>>Well in England you have expenses from customs, local importing, and
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>that Welshman who  
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>>scooped up the name "Moog" under British law so he could market his
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>clones 
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>>unsucessfully. That Welshman doesn't have legal claims in other
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>countries but there's still 
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>>some additional cost for Analogue Systems outside of England.
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>>You can't make the claim that the Voyager is a true modular synth
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>but you can make the 
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>>claim that it semi-modular or make an excellent part of a more
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>extensive music setup.
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>>You can of course store it's patches so long as they don't use the
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>patch cords.
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>>You can make quite a few more sounds than classic Moog sounds but
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>you can go further 
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>>with a medium sized modular synth. 
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>>There's no perfect synth otherwise everyone would just buy that one.
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>You kind of have to 
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>>ask about the benefits or minuses of a particular synth or system.
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>With a modular you 
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>>have a great deal to explore but also a synth that takes time. You
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>find great things 
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>>exploring it, but on the other hand it's not a very great way to
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>work on something for a 
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>>deadline or while someone is waiting for you to play. I know the
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>last couple personal 
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>>deadlines I missed were because I wanted to use modular synths. On
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>the other hand you 
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>>have a much better chance at making sounds that other people aren't
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