Jeff, if you think the 490 has nice bass (and it does), wait till you get a 440 - it's jaw dropping. (notice that I assume you will be getting one.. this is the natural progression of the disease :) George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Laity" <synthetic@...> To: "'MOTM List'" <motm@yahoogroups.com>; <analogue@...> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:20 PM Subject: [motm] MOTM review and demo > > I got my first batch of MOTM modules soldered together and passing > audio this weekend. I have a bare minimum system so far, with one 300 > VCO, one 490 "Moog" VCF, one 190 VCA and two 800 envelopes. I was able > to patch together a few bass, lead, string and FM sounds with this > setup. The FM was done by putting the VCF into self-oscillation and > modulating the 300 VCO. > > Here's a picture of my system so far: > > http://www.jefflaity.com/gallery/studio_0205/IMG_9540 > > The first thing that grabbed me about the sound of the MOTM was the > bass. I thought I had some synths with bass before (Super Jupiter, > Andromeda, CZ-101) but this system makes them all sound like frozen > Atkins dinners. The whole system sounds very big and authoritative. And > this is with just one oscillator! I've always built synth tones > starting with two oscillators, but when one sounds this good you don't > always need it. Of course, I can't wait to get a few more VCOs and > filters for some real fun. > > Here's my first demo using the system. All of the sounds are from the > MOTM modular except for the drum loops (Stylus) and synth pad starting > from bar 3 (Andromeda). It's kinda lame fusion/funk stuff, but I was > just messing around to see what the system is capable of. > > http://www.jefflaity.com/music/MP3/MOTM_fusunk.mp3 > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >
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Re: [motm] MOTM review and demo
2005-02-22 by groovyshaman
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