what was your BEST buy

[sauce]

Paia Fatman.

hey i just visited http://www.paia.com for the first time and it looks really intersting

any further info on this? are all the products kits that you have to mount by yourself?

Yeah, Paia have sold do-it-yourself electronic instruments since the seventies. The kits are very straightforward, but you should at least try some soldering first before attempting to build a synthesizer. Paia is a great opportunity for someone who would like to own a modular, but can't afford one. Also, you gain some excellent technical ability, with multiple applications! Check out these Paia synths:

[thom]

Check out this thread for some absolutely sick modular pics...

http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-7183.html

[4am]

caramba!!!
thank you both for the information!
and is it hard to mount something like the paia fatman?
how long can it take?

[4am]

and sorry for the dumb question but:

am i right if i order

http://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=9308KP

and

http://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=9308C

?

it is the first time and i would like to be sure....

[hydrogen]

and sorry for the dumb question but:

am i right if i order

http://www.paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=9308KP

it is the first time and i would like to be sure....

I bet you could put it together, but it will probably sound horrific. You may want to get some clean audio samples of it if your looking to actually use it for something. My friends built a synth similar to something like this and it sounds like ass. It looks very similar

I guess if your just interested in learning the goods its probably a good place to start out? but then again I havn't used a soldering iron in years.

[sorgenkind]

for the price of the pieces I hardly believe is a good sounding synths, good parts costs a lot, there are few cheap synth which sound phat, that's it.

[sauce]

No, you're wrong. This Fatman is a full analog, audiophile's synth, and Paia has been world-renown for decades. How many synths have you guys built?

Also, if you buy the international version, it will come with the case. As in, you don't have to buy another one! It won't come with a power supply, however, so you will have to visit your local Radio Shack, or something.. Are they international?

[sauce]

You see this?

http://www.paia.com/p9700s.asp