$harkToootth wrote:I have a Copilot Arrow Airwaves incoming since way earlier this year. I've also been tempted to get a RMA Crustacean. Similar (not the same) ideas?
I think the Airwaves is like the LAL Sandstorm, in which there's a VCA available for dynamic utility. The Crustacean is just a source, and while a range of permutations does exist, I have not yet settled on a VCA stage that I hold dear. It's in the works, but I would HIGHLY recommend looking elsewhere for the time being if dynamic manipulation plays a big part in your work. Additional utilities are in the works, but it's a slow process. I think the only leg up the Crustacean has is being able to inject the external signal into different points of the noise engine and the variable crackle.
Anyway, you're still waiting on the built out Monobius, I'll let you get a taste of that before Crustacean.
BLOOD EAGLE wrote:
i rep. the crustacean HARD.
it is the PERFECT noise generator IMO.
it does white noise, it does crackle, it does trogo type noise, and it does it all well.
he does custom builds too, so if the base model doesn’t do what you need, he can probably make it happen for you, (given extra r&d time and extra $ of course, but he’s a great dude to work with)
Thanks man, I'm slow.. that's something I'm working on, but I appreciate the kind words.
Regarding looming gear trends, I hope for/expect the following:
More modular inspired external control utilities on garden variety stuff (like CV bias adjust, etc.)
Digitally controlled analog signal paths (this may as well be a subset of the preceding statement)
It's still a bit early for reverting to deeper exploration of paths previously abandoned as obsolete, but once someone nails the tech to print out PN junctions on a small enough scale to DIY IC packages we'll see a flood of wacky shit. Probably spearheaded by video synth jockeys wanting to roll their own Sandin or Paik/Abe synthesizers; and on to goons trying to resurrect old Yamaha CS stuff that was plundered for OOP.
Dirty and sloppy oscillators that still somehow pass as a usable VCO.
More shit that amounts to oblong training wheels for mainstream commutes.
