Elektron Musical Instruments

> well, the nord modulars (especially, the micro modular, the one that i
know
> anything about) have only a small few knobs, which is definitely not
enough

but the sidstation only has four :) .. i can program that fine.
Software would make it even better imho!

> to program any synth.  so you use a computer to make the patch in a
virtual
> world.  with rebirth you tweak imaginary knobs on a screen, too.

well yes, i attach modules up to eachother (oscillators, filters) with
virtual patch leads. It's not possible to program the thing from the front
panel, but i don't mind. This is much neater than using real patch leads!. I
can then assign the parameters to the knobs up front, as well as controller
numbers. And i think this visual approach is surely the only way to handle
real modular programming with something so small. The real great thing is
this tiny size. You save 99 patches on there, then use it live as a synth or
a sound processor.

the sidstation can be programmed very comfortably from the front, as the
architecture doesn't become as complex. The oscillators are either routed
through the filter or not, and then modulated with LFOs. I love the
sidsound! .. but if it was a modularsid, (wow now that'd be cool!) i'd want
an editor :)

andrew