thats pretty much how i planned my first modular rig, but it didnt work out that way, the drums and synths became just one thing, i dont distinguish between synths and drums anymore, i have the odd drum module mixed in with everything else, and i dont really think 'synths' anymore, i just think 'modules' (every module is a synth really)skept wrote:sold! those names are like "the magic words" to me!oblioblioblio wrote:Sleeparchive or Mika Vainio
my long term goal, which i admit is young and naive and likely to change as i learn, is to have 12u to make a dedicated techno instrument.
3u synth
3u synth
3u drums
3u sequencing and cv mangling
this frees you up from the fixed architecture idea behind normal synthesizers.
i soon realised that 3U is no where near enough for sequencing (i now have 12 U sequencing and 15 U other modules) ok if you're using software sequencing, but the more sequencing modules you get the less you want to use software. when i got to 6U of sequencing i could safely ditch the computer altogether, but with limitations which actually didnt bother me, it was so liberating to get rid of the computer.
the CV mangling also should probably be just considered 'synth modules' too. they become intertwined with everything else, for instance i dont have a mangling section, the manglers are mixed in with everything else, sometimes mangling sequences, sometimes mangling everything else.
it all becomes homogenous pretty quickly, and i move modules around so that they are better placed for shorter patch runs till they settle into a pattern which works best.
if i look at my first module planner now, it no way resembles what i ended up with. i think you just have to feel it as you go along, and dont plan too far ahead