On 04/13/2016 01:15 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Abouy a year ago, I (as mentioned some time ago) started building a eurorack modular synthesizer, lot's of DIY options available, basically everything can be DIYed, either complete kits, PCB/panels + source parts or do-it-all-yourself. Also some open software + hardware around... I have about 15 modules in my rack ATM that are DIY, three more in the mail... Best resource is the muffwiggler forum (DIY sub section): https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=17 Cheers -- Atte http://atte.dk http://a773.dk

On 04/15/2016 06:59 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: In my (and most others) opinion things have progressed beyond the replication of ancient synths. The world of eurorack modular is pretty wild these days. Analog, digital, dirty, silky, classic, avantgarde, what do you want? Lot's of small, one man companies experimenting all over the place. And a few larger, more established companies with a more complete product line. I'm personally not very interested in the sound of the past, but that's just me... -- Atte http://atte.dk http://a773.dk

On 04/15/2016 08:52 PM, S D wrote: Totally agree! But this is about nostalgia, advances in technology and how far we've come. Don't be Amish about your synthesizer. Moog (and other classics) sound great, sure, but they're rather limited sound wise, hard to keep in tune, and expensive to repair. The new stuff can sound pretty much exactly the same + 1.000 different ways. It's cheaper (because of more efficient manufacturing) and stays in tune. Cheers -- Atte http://atte.dk http://a773.dk

On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:43:30 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: The tune button only needs to be used once, after the Prophet 5 is turned on and then the tuning to play it polyphonic stays stable. I used different versions of the Prophet 5, they all provided a stable tuning. And again, all the later build synth, from Oberheim, Korg etc. didn't suffer from tuning issues at all. That even some monophonic Moogs don't provide a stable tuning, is an exception among the vintage analog synth. That people nowadays like different sounds, than vintage sounds, doesn't mean that vintage synth aren't able to produce the modern sounds. It's a pity that the not too old analog synth, that use CEM (Curtis) microchips are dying out, because it became hard to repair them, excepted of some overpriced new synth from Dave Smith, I never have seen in my live.

I saw that synth on the Sparkfun Site a while back, and I also thought it was way over priced. I learned a lot about analog synths long ago, so it was nice to see Moog introducing this. But, if it's aimed at the DIY folks, why does the old Moog name mean so much to cost so much? In this age of internet information, it's very easy for anyone to find that there are less expensive ways to go about this. Other than that, the analog synths have their own sound, just like digital synths and software synths have their own sound and place. A few months ago I got a chance to compare the linux software synths (I tried quite a few of them) with an analog synth (Alesis Andromeda). The software synths that tried to duplicate the functionality of an analog synth didn't come close to the analog sound. That fine with me, because this just gives us more instruments to play with. I'm glad that when I was younger friends had gotten me into studying analog synthesis; because I learned how most acoustic instruments produce sound. I'm also glad that it gave me a reason to learn electronics, which is a very good thing to know. (It's nice to be able to understand how most things that I live with work).