Can we talk about modular synths?

[Dark Barn]

What!?? Ok that’s it, selling my Zvex Instant Junky now.

[yeatsvisitslincoln]

*Buys knurlies* Has m2.5 nuts in case.

I might have 100 knurlies to sell to someone hahahah

[behndy]

oof. that sucks man.

so..... any 3u skiffs that have wood cheeks out there?

also, ignore anything remotely uncomplimentary i've said about the SCM. loooooooove her.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyqZYUfSEyA[/youtube]

Euclidian Circles (yesssssss) and Kenton MIDI Thru (YESSSSSSSSSS) get here Wednesday supposedly, so can start recording bits out to sequence actual songs hopefully.

i have excitements.

[oscillateur]

so..... any 3u skiffs that have wood cheeks out there?

Pittsburgh Cell90, but I'm not sure they're for sale anymore and the power system/sliding nuts are a bit of a pain in the ass, at least with the early versions.
They do look nice and are quite sturdy though (and the power switch on the back is nice).

[behndy]

hurm. yeah. those are hard to track down.

was looking at Erica Synths's. it looks niiiice. but pretty expensive. although they sell a lid for it so it's portable and can be patched and moved.

anyone tried to make wood ends for a Make Noise skiff?

[Invisible Man]

I don’t say this with snark, but why do people buy cases at all? With the exception of pelican-style travel cases I don’t get it. Power is easy, and otherwise you knock some wood cheeks into a frame. Made a couple for $12 plus a uZeus.

I feel like I missed something with regard to cases, and maybe they’re doing something I don’t understand.

[Inconuucl]

I don’t say this with snark, but why do people buy cases at all? With the exception of pelican-style travel cases I don’t get it. Power is easy, and otherwise you knock some wood cheeks into a frame. Made a couple for $12 plus a uZeus.

I feel like I missed something with regard to cases, and maybe they’re doing something I don’t understand.

Sturdiness? Integrated ins and outs? The intellijel case has audio ins and outs and midi on the back, which cleans up the front for other stuff.

[Invisible Man]

I guess, yeah.though I wouldn’t describe the front panel of most systems as ‘clean’ by any means! I think I’m just irked by the idea that people charge $3-800 for stained wood with rails and a PSU.

I
AM
CHEAP

[Strange Tales]

I mean you're not wrong. Although for me I bought a busboard on the bottom that I could wire to the side of my case. All to save 4HP.

Those Intellijel cases are fucking ace looking though.

[behndy]

jia. i mean, it's hard for me to decide if they're over priced. i SUCK at wood working especially and really just most diy build things in general. so for a few hundred for something with power and a reliably built case it's worth it. just to have something i know should be solid and i didn't fuck up something weird putting it together.

[oscillateur]

Most good cases are not made of wood. And the power supply often represents a sizeable chunk of the price.
My Intellijel 7U for example is aluminum, portable while patched (bonus) looks really good. It also has an excellent power supply/busboard. Overall, worth the price.

[Inconuucl]

Yeah, I'm super excited about them. Once pedge season is over I'll be all over one.

[Dark Barn]

Got the DLD in yesterday, love it. So easy to set up neat ping-pong weirdo time divisions and it’s so precise. Hold/looping is tight, reverse is cool. If it had a way to eq or modulate repeats it would be off the chain but ah well.

[yeatsvisitslincoln]

Got the DLD in yesterday, love it. So easy to set up neat ping-pong weirdo time divisions and it’s so precise. Hold/looping is tight, reverse is cool. If it had a way to eq or modulate repeats it would be off the chain but ah well.

That's what send/return is for? Though, I tend to have issues with the DLD feeding back pretty easily when using send/return. I do have the alt-firmware installed so I can change the send/return functionality, but I haven't really played with it that much. The alt-firmware is only worth installing if you want to change that. It just adds a program page to facilitate the change, but doesn't affect functionality otherwise, FYI.

Also, when you have a sec, I'm curious, do you notice that the DLD seems to run a little warm? Like mine is noticeably warmer than other modules. It does draw a decent amount of current, though.

Most euro power sources are surprisingly cheap... Personally, I think it's worth it to shell out the money for them. Cases, though, never sure why an empty case can cost like $300. The raw material cost doesn't seem like it should be THAT high.

[Dark Barn]

Got the DLD in yesterday, love it. So easy to set up neat ping-pong weirdo time divisions and it’s so precise. Hold/looping is tight, reverse is cool. If it had a way to eq or modulate repeats it would be off the chain but ah well.

That's what send/return is for? Though, I tend to have issues with the DLD feeding back pretty easily when using send/return. I do have the alt-firmware installed so I can change the send/return functionality, but I haven't really played with it that much. The alt-firmware is only worth installing if you want to change that. It just adds a program page to facilitate the change, but doesn't affect functionality otherwise, FYI.

Also, when you have a sec, I'm curious, do you notice that the DLD seems to run a little warm? Like mine is noticeably warmer than other modules. It does draw a decent amount of current, though.

Most euro power sources are surprisingly cheap... Personally, I think it's worth it to shell out the money for them. Cases, though, never sure why an empty case can cost like $300. The raw material cost doesn't seem like it should be THAT high.

One of the first things I tried was running send/return through a filter, and it started feeding back like a motherfucker so I pulled the patches and decided I would read up later... lol. I didn't notice if it was warm, but I only had time for a short session with it. I will investigate the alt firmware (possibly already installed? I am not the first owner.)