Wouldn't it be almost the most expensive way to go about it, short of building a large modular? Several years ago, before house building sucked my bank account dry, I considered putting together a four-voice using an MOTM-650 and four Macbeth M3X's. But yeah, it would have been really expensive. Ev...

Minky Starshine is a basic, easy to use, and very inexpensive additive synth. I think it's Mac only.

I'm not sure how much the knobs on the S version really help you due to the sheer number of parameters. On the other hand, if you already have a DAW or external seqeuencer, you don't need the workstation features in the W version. From what I've read, the keyboard feel on most Kawais is among the be...

. But If the matrix 12 has double the voices surely when you play the matrix 12 using all 12 voices its twice the thickness of the 6 voice xpander!?! IHMO, if you're stacking things in unison mode, once you get past four oscillators or so, there's not much difference. And sometimes it can be counte...

Good stuff, nice sound, and very prompt shipping (a rarity in the modular world ). Any questions in particular?

I've been pretty happy with my Lexicon MPX-500. Actually, as far as reverb goes, what I've found to be the most useful are the "ambient" algorithms. They are good for giving a sense of place to a synth direct out, without being obviously reverb-y. Plus, all of the parameters are MIDI editable.

Z wrote:For monosynths, I see no need for more than 3 octaves, since you're usually playing lead or bass and do not need a 5 oct. range.

I'm not even sure about that. Consider Eddie Jobson's solo in "Rendezvous 6:02" -- it wouldn't be the same without those huge octave jumps.

For the Mk II version (not the Mk I, unfortunately), Black Lion Audio offers a set of mods to the analog side of the interface... To correct myself: I just went and had another look at Black Lion's Web page. They are in fact offering the analog-side upgrades for both the Mk I and the Mk II 828 now....

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the mkII originally firewire like the mkI? I just noticed on their site that the mkII is now USB. f**k I hate USB. You're right, it did used to be Firewire. I guess they did that when they introduced the Mk III (which is Firewire), so that the Mk II could...

I've got the Mk I version. It works, and it's fine for what it does and the price point it was aimed at (much better than the competing Behringer, M-Audio, etc.). The conversion I'm sure is not quite as good as, say, an RME, but at half the cost, a lot of people can live with it. The mic pres are in...

Paul Schreiber has bemoaned the same trend among modulars. He says a lot of would-be customers are mainly interested in how small a module can be made, and that they'll pass on something just because it's a 2U or 3U module rather than 1U. I can kinda sorta understand the space concern in general, bu...

If you are running a Mac with OSX, there is supposed to be a way where you can add another 828 or two to your system, and set them up in OSX as an aggregate device. I haven't tried it myself, so I don't know how well it works or how much trouble it is.

last week i bought 3,5 meters of very nice black cloth. my idea was to cut it in rectangles and use them to cover my synths to protect them from dust. but later i realised that the cloth is 100% polyester, and as such, it gets electrified by the slightest rubbing . at risk of being stupid, i must a...

The Music from Outer Space VCF is a sorta kinda Moog transistor ladder. Bridechamber has a full kit for $105 US.

(Edit: It's MOTM format.)

Yoozer wrote:But there was something with hum and a fix for that, if I recall correctly.

The transformer can come loose and hum -- not electrically, but accoustically. You can hear it in a quiet room. It can be fixed by securing it with a bit of RTV. Mine hums a bit, but I haven't yet bothered with it.