MOTM

My modular has many different brands of modules,
mostly MOTM, this is what I started with and is my all
time favorite format.  I had a problem trying to keep
all of the VCO's together due to the fact that I have
3 motm and 2 .com's (vco's) the problem is that the
.com dont fit into the MOTM holes so I found it was
easier to make a seperate cabinet for the .com oddball
size instead of putting filler spacers (which I did
for awhile, I made mults out of them).  
The reason I like the modular setup is all of our
modulars are different due to the fact of mixing and
matching  equipment.  I dont think I will ever go the
route of the frac rack, those 1/8" jacks are too
tempramental for my big old hands, let alone my eyes.
I have been making my own panels out of aluminum and
painting them with a gray spray primer and then
painting them with a textured black spray paint that I
get at home depot, it looks pretty close to the MOTM,
not as durable.  My cabinets stay indoors and do not
leave the studio so they are pretty safe.  I would
rather spend my money on modules than on panels and
cabinetry.  My only mistake is I made the width of my
ccabinet only 18 units wide, I wish I made it 28 units
instead.  With the 2 wing cabinets it is now 30 units
wide.  The truth of the matter is I did not realize
that this is a addiction, I think drugs would have
been cheaper.
I enjoy building this monster more than trying to play
it, oh the insanity of it all.

John, I need to get off my ass and make more patch
cords and much longer....





--- Richard Brewster <pugix@...> wrote:

> I like to keep similar modules together.  But as I
> add modules it 
> requires moving things around to keep adherence to
> this principle.  If I 
> add another VCO, then I make room for it next to the
> other VCO's.  That 
> probably means moving something that is not a VCO
> that was next to the 
> VCO's.  That leads to yet another shift.  Musical
> modules!  The last 
> time I played this game, two of them didn't get
> 'chairs'.  They await 
> the next cabinet.  But that does not mean they will
> necessarily go into 
> the new cabinet.  It means that space will open up
> somewhere.  Adding a 
> new cabinet results in a big placement upheaval. 
> The synthesizer that 
> does not get modules moved around is probably one
> that is not growing.
> 
> Richard Brewster
> http://www.pugix.com
> 
> Ben Stuyts wrote:
> > Do you move modules around a lot? Or do they stay
> in their place  
> > after a while? (For example, do you put all VCO's
> together, what do  
> > you do when you add another one?)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben
> >   
> 
> 


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