MOTM

At 03:00 PM 04/06/2000 -0700, Dave Trenkel <improv@...> wrote:
>>In a message dated 4/6/2000 7:55:15 AM, Moe rhetorically writes:
>>
>>>Is the DarkStar worth all this?
>>
>>No! It's not!
>
>Yes! It is! :-)

I'm with Dave here.  I only own one, but I love it!  It certainly *does*
have the "digital video game" sound to it, but I like to have that in my
available tonal palette (even if it's not for everyone).  The sound and
control methods are quite different from "traditional" analog noise
sources.  I've come to appreciate digital circuits under analog control,
and I like how the Dark Star can be controlled for fairly-specific sounds
if you want, but can also get very random.

I'm sure it helps, too, that I have tiny violinist's fingers, which
definitely makes it easier to deal with the smaller knobs, 1/8" cords, and
side-by-side jacks and knobs (even though I do prefer the more standard
knobs-on-top, jacks-below).  So for that reason, I don't feel any need to
upgrade the packaging to MOTM standards.

>I just keep mine mounted in a
>frac rac in the same rack as my MOTM. They seem to co-exist peacefully.

Works for me.  A FracRack of Blacet, a row of MOTM, and an Ibanez AD202
analog delay make for a very nice way to fill a 10U rack.

>Anybody built John's new Final Filtre yet? I'm intrigued as to how unique a
>sound it really is.

Mine (pre-assembled) arrived today, but my weekend schedule may not allow
me to try it out until next week :^(.  Yes, I'm definitely hoping that it's
as different from the MOTM-420 & -440 as those two are from each other.
I'm really glad that the MOTM filters are so different from each other
(can't wait for the Xpander-style multimode filter!) ... I'm really liking
the MOTM-440 and I can really see how switching a patch from the -420 to
-440 could inspire a musical piece to go in a completely different
direction from something harsh to something soft and bubbly ...

	-Doug
	 ceres@...