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Originally Posted by chrisso  Good question.
44 modules is massive. 22 is pretty big and for someone who doesn't know if they're going to need a soldering iron (with due respect), you might do some more digging, research, hard thinking and budgeting before embarking on such an expensive plan.
The real beauty of modular synthesis is it's building block architecture. The building block can translate into knowledge as well as the composition of the system itself.
The first building block would be a basic synthesizer unit; 1 or 2 oscillators, an envelope, a VCA and a filter. Perhaps add an LFO and a midi to cv module. That gives you a grand total of 7 modules so far.
Thinking luxuriously, let's add a second filter and an audio input module.
9 modules can do a lot and keep you occupied for a deal of time.
it's also more or less what you get in most monophonic synthesizers.
Even if you add a ring-mod and s&h, you are still about halfway into your planned first module batch.
So how did you decide on 22 to 44 modules? |
Point taken but the thought of building a basic .COM mono synth like the one described above does not appeal to me. Not that it wouldn't be functional but there are plenty of other 'basic' mono synths I'd rather have. The point of going modular is to have options and options take up space!
The 22 space system seems like a great place to start but I can definitely see wanting to splurge on some more 'bells and whistles'. I already know I will want to purchase the additional filter as well as to add the oscillator aid modules. Add to that the Cyndustries and Modcan modules that have caught my eye and the 22 space rack will quickly be spilling over!
Seemed to make more sense to just go for the 44 space cab upfront rather than migrating all of the modules over later (much prefer the look of the 44 as opposed to stacking two 22 space cabs on top of each other).