I'm kinda liking the look of the new Modcan a little better.

http://www.modcan.com/bphoto/front.jpg

Just a taste thing.

--Chuck

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> From: thomasborax [mailto: thomasborax@... ]
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: 1 choatic synth kits for freaky types
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> hi folks-
> i'm posting as a favor for my friend peter b. he is a young but very
> talented synth designer here in baltimore, md usa. he has just put
> two synth kits up on his webpage. i bought one myself and soldered
> it together.
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> what they are are very strange experimental synths that are small,
> can run off battery (or wallwart 9VDC) and have even a built in
> speaker for very remote wilderness freakage.
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> the two varieties of kits operate on the same idea. the
> user "interface" on each is over a hundred brass pegs, which are
> androgynous....meaning they can be inputs or outputs....there are
> no "signal" connections or "control" connection so to speak. one
> gets sounds by patching all the pegs together with alligator clips,
> or any conductor you wish. also using the ground share inputs you
> can interface many different external devices with them, provided
> they are between 0 and 9 volts. i understand that it may be possible
> to export control voltages to the outside world as well, but these
> must be buffered by a preamp, which is an easy circuit which peter
> can show you howto do.
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> again, these kits are for the experimenter, but i think for folks who
> use their modulars to get crazy sounds for sampling, you can have
> here something quite small that can make the wildest voices patterns
> and analog farts imaginable which will make your sampler hate you,
> but make you happy. the overall sound and approach resembles crazy
> circuit bending, but way more flexible and intuitive than most
> homemade "bent" contraptions.
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> the kit i did was the "fourses in the zihai". it combines four
> oscillators, which are constantly crashing into each other and going
> nuts. i took me about 25 hours of labor, cause i'm a careful
> solderer.
> they are reasonably priced and cool as shit. please check them ut
> and pete's website at
> www.ciat-lonbarde.net
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> tell him mr borax sent you.
> ---tom
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