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Cynthia

In some cases, it's ALL about the money.  I've wanted to have a
modular synthesizer since the mid '70s.  Over the years, I've bought a
kit her or there (I actually have one or two PAIA 2700 modules
somewhere, still waiting to be assembled).  Some MOTM, CGS, EFM,
Blacet, and miscellaneous others.  But I never got started as I did
not have enough to make anything functional.  Then I got a few extra $
and discovered the DotCom systems.  I actually had enough to buy
something that I could make music (noise?) with!  I bought a slightly
modified version of the Rack-24 system and was on my way.  I have
since completed several of the MOTM and Blacet kits I have, I've
ordered more, and I'm still building.  But the single biggest issue is
still $ (hence so many kits I have to build).  Would I like a ZO, HECK
YES!  Can I afford a ZO, nope :(  Am I a DotCom 'snob', no!  I am
definitely building a Frankensynth!  But most of what I have that is
not DotCom is bare PCBs or kits.  I do prefer the 1/4" format as I'm
6'3" and have big, clumsy hands.  I've broken a couple of 1/8" jack
over the years, so my Blacet panels are mounted in adapters and have
1/4" jacks to access the patch points.  I've 'shopped' just about
every format there is, and DotCom provides all the basics at the best
prices I've been able to find.  Maybe one of these days a rich
relative will pass on and leave me a bundle in their will, in which
case Cyndustries and Modcan will both be getting a couple of decently
sized orders.  In the mean time, keep on making neat modules I can't
afford (yet) and please, do take some time to smell the roses, before
the solder fumes wreck your nose and you can't :-)

Larry T. (not at all timid, Cyundustries wanabe customer)


--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, Scott Deyo <contact@...> wrote:
>
> I had a friend who started a DotCom system. I tried to talk him into 
> MOTM so I could make him WaveBanks, CV blah-blah processors, etc.
> He wasn't interested. He wanted DotCom because he wanted something as 
> close to Moog as possible. He didn't want _new_ sounds, he wanted _old_ 
> sounds.
> Maybe he's an exception, but I think DotCom is very similar to Moog in 
> both look and mindset, and that attracts certain customers.
> 
> Think of it this way: People wouldn't normally buy into DotCom if they 
> were bothered by the lack of "non-traditional" modules. Also, no one 
> approaches an expensive modular system without research as to what is 
> readily available. Q.e.d, those who start off in DotCom are mostly 
> interested in traditional sounds.
> (And maybe assembled modules that are inexpensive too : )
> 
> It has nothing to do w/ spine. It's just a different mindset.
> The exceptions are probably most people in this group, and everyone who 
> bought a ZO.
> 
> Cheers!
> Scott Deyo

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Cynthia
> > To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:42 PM
> > Subject: [dotcomformat] Re: Cyndustries Sawtooth Animator
> > Hello Legravin!
> >  
> > I find it particularly odd however that for a Yahoo Group with
probably
> > the largest number of members in the total Yahoo Synthesizer Group
> > of all synth Communities it would seem from our sales records that
> > Synthesizer Dot Com users are the most timid of the lot, and less 
> > likely
> > to try new things. (I would of course love to be proven wrong in my
> > impression)
> >
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> > Cynthia