It's very difficult to choose. I looked at both your first system and
the sound processing system you've put together (actually I revisited
the list several times...) and pulled several ideas from it. The main
difference from your first system is the 3 VCO2's - I'd love more than
one VCO - but I'm focusing more on sound processing vs. synth functions.

I think the advice I'm looking for most from people on the list is where
I may have chosen something that if I swapped it out for module 'x' -
I'd have a lot more flexibility. For example - if the mixer would be
more handy than one of the VCA's. In an ideal world - I'd just fill
up my server cabinet with racks... ;) If I love this thing as much as
I think I will - I wouldn't be surprised if I fill up this rack quicker
than planned and start thinking about a 2nd one... but for now - I'm
taking small steps.

I'm planning a rack instead of portable case. I went round and round
on that one and my wife had the best question - how often will you want
to take it out to play a gig... twice in the next ten years In
reality, she's probably right. All the people I loved to jam with have
moved away and I "retired" from bar gigs back in '98 (13 years on and
off was enough...). My last couple of electronic/ambient gigs I focused
more on bass playing - it's a great instrument to jam with and when I'm
playing with a couple of great ambient/textural synth players... adding
bass rounds things out so nicely. Then again - I process my bass into
oblivion on some tracks. I'll do some more gigs, probably up in
Chicago - but the Doepfer might not make the trip.

The rack... I have a great old IBM 4997 server cabinet in my studio - my
wife's work was throwing it away - could have kept the computers in the
rack also... but... I didn't. Sort of the perfect thing to be able to
open up the door and have a great mass of knobs and cables...

The A-108 and A-102 were also in the running for the 2nd filter. I
could get the A-108 in by dropping the little dual VCA and the WASP.

I tried to pick as many of the VC versions of modules as possible. The
Wave Multiplier is in there because a number of people recommended it
for sound sculpting. I've been wanting a spring reverb back in my
setup since I sold my old Peavey 6 channel head years and years ago -
nothing like running something through it - with the out of the reberb
back into a channel for controlled feedback - and then smacking the head
to get the reverb rattling (not that I'm really planning to smack my
Doepfer rack around...)

Speaking of controlled feedback - it's one of my favorite things - I
love the idea of the feedback input. All of my current effects units
are setup to go back into channels on my mixer to create feedback
loops. I should mention I love to use it fairly subtly - it appears in
a lot of my music - but not in a screeching 'feedback' sort of way...

Anyway - yes - I'll be bugging Shawn some more when he's back from
vacation. I'm not ready to toss my credit card at them just yet - but
it'll be fairly soon. A hopefully decent bonus check coming up should
make it a bit easier... we'll see... :)

Thanks again for your input!

jkn







sfrules wrote:

>
>JKN,
>
>Looked over your layout - looks good.
>Not the modules I would have chosen, but
>it's great that you can choose exactly what
>suits you!
>
>If you have any doubts about the WASP filter,
>I highly recommend the A-108 VCF. 4 different
>LP slopes available simultaneously and a fine BP,
>Plus it has VC Resonance. Regrettably it is 4 HP
>wider.
>
>If you are thinking of putting in a mixer - I
>recommend the A-138c. If you invert and mix
>you can use it to turn BP filtering into Notch,
>and LP filtering into HP. Or you can mix inverted
>waveforms from the same VCO to subtract harmonics.
>Or invert the sine and mix it with any of the other waves
>to subtract the fundamental.
>
>Shawn may have a few words to say about which of the
>three smaller mixers is best for our needs. I take his
>recommendations seriously. (Although it is too late for
>my suitcase.)
>
>And while on that subject. are you putting this combination
>into a suitcase If so, be prepared for some interference
>from the power supply. Or, if you find NO interference,
>by all means let us know!!!
>
>You're gonna have some fun!
>
>sfrules
>
>