MOTM

Note: DO NOT CROSS-POST this message. See below.

I probably shouldn't be doing this, but I just uploaded a few pictures 
sent to me by a friend. They show Hans Zimmer's enormous modular synth, 
located in his impressive composing studio in Santa Monica. This studio 
has a working fireplace, wet bar, several side studios for recording 
performers, and a great writing desk for Hans. I've visited many of the 
top studios in the world, and this was by far the most impressive I've 
seen. I could die in that room.

But I thought you might be interested in the modular synth that takes 
up the rear wall of the studio. Pictures don't really give you the 
scale of this system. It's about 40-60 feet wide.

http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-9.jpg
http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-6.jpg

There's a semi-circular bay filled mostly with Moog modules, although 
there were probably PPG and Polyfusion modules in there too. You can 
see this in pic 1:

http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-1.jpg

There are some other high-res pics of his Moog on the synthfool.com 
site.

As you go to the right, the center rack was mostly Doepfer when I 
visited. It looks like he added some SE gear, perhaps they have MOTM 
filters in them? (Hah, I'm on-topic.)

http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-2.jpg
http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-3.jpg
http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-4.jpg

The bay to the opposite end of the Moog is filled mostly with Roland 
modules:

http://www.jefflaity.com/misc_pix/mvp/Untitled-5.jpg

PLEASE don't cross-post this to other sites or lists. I wanted to share 
this with my MOTM buds, then I'll delete them in about a week. If I see 
this on AH, Gas Station or elsewhere, I'll pull the pics immediately. 
I'd also appreciate if you don't put these on your own website. I've 
twice had someone threaten legal action based on something I put on a 
website, so I appreciate your understanding on this matter.

One of these days, when I get to visit again, I'll bring my camera and 
take some super-high res pictures of my own. I want to be able to read 
the writing on each module. :) Then I'll have full ownership of the 
photos and I won't have to be so paranoid.

Enjoy, -jl