The spawn is very well :I have one. It have a good midi/cv modul and
nice filter but just one vco. You can update after with an eurorack.

jac


rapfellernyc a écrit :

>Thank you, What you're saying is making sense.
>I definitely don't want to use the same presets than everybody else in
>the kind of music that i'm doing. In the same time do I want to spend
> long hours creating sounds without being educated on sound designing
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>Does the Spawn would be a good choice to start with, being that it's
>semi-modular, and less expensive ?
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>The reason why I'm talking about modular synths in these posts is
>because it seems obvious to me that sounds possibilities are far
>beyond a regular analog synth...I just feel something when I listen to
>the demos !
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>--- In analogue_systems@yahoogroups.com, "nicholas_kent"
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>>Something worth noting about the original post is, intentional for
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>>So that to me implies while you can make sounds like those with a
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>>he really wants to focus on needs an analog synth but not an actual
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>>That said, you can make all sorts of sounds with a decent modular
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>>>please do not buy the Omega 8. It sounds loud and bright but has
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>>Absolutely true as the comparison stresses the ability to behave
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>like a modular synth. It
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>>simply doesn't and isn't ever going to. On the other hand it has the
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>>The chord aspect of playing melodies is something you'd need to
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>>real modular to even attempt to do. It's one of those compromises.
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>>The Moog Voyager is a bit of a one trick pony, it
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>>>does all the classic (old) Moog sounds but is about £700 over
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>>Well in England you have expenses from customs, local importing, and
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>that Welshman who
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>>You can't make the claim that the Voyager is a true modular synth
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>>You can of course store it's patches so long as they don't use the
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>>You can make quite a few more sounds than classic Moog sounds but
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>>There's no perfect synth otherwise everyone would just buy that one.
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>>exploring it, but on the other hand it's not a very great way to
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