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Eddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:57 am The reason I want them is because I have getting on for 30 synthesizers. I also have half as many other gizmos in the form of hardware sequencers, powered MIDI devices, drum machines and tabletop devices and I use all of them.
resistorman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:29 am The one big advantage of external PSUs is that I've been able to easily take my Hydrasynth, Wavestate and Cobalt 8 to outdoor jams using a small simple battery pack....
N i g e l wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:08 am not me sir !
My MODX was funded by selling a legendary 1U FM rack module from the 90s {+ a slight top up} .
Although Ive gained on polyphony, 7" touch screen, sample replay, sequencer, motion control, external i/p processing, USB & computer integration, Ive lost out on being able to menu dive >2000 parameters on a 2 line LCD using buttons normally reserved for a reset function.
Eddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:57 am One external lump doesn't seem too bad but once you have many, a small number of which don't play well with accompanying devices in adjacent sockets, it becomes an absolute nightmare.
Eddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:57 am Further, the flimsy leads on externals are fixed length and often too short. If they're not too short they're too long. If everything used IEC sockets I'd be far better off organisationally. If you have a built-in supply you can use the correct cable length for the requirement. Thicker cables, yes, but far preferable due to no lumps, more sturdiness and a consistent aesthetic right down to the plug.
Eddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:57 amThe reason I want them is because I have getting on for 30 synthesizers...
...I don't care about the cost, I don't care about the technicalities. I'm a consumer for whom companies are building these instruments and devices...
N i g e l wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:05 am If you ever get the FS1r urge again, be sure to checkout the MODX 1st [or MONTAGE for those on the synths for cakes scheme].
FS1r was FM & formant whereas MODX is FM & samples but it has formant filters, multiple parts & motion sequencing which might be an equivilent and faster to set up !
I think there are tools for transfering DX7 patches to the MODX [ alot of the FS1r presets were DX7 patches layered up with added Fx]
MODX factory presets dont do it justice.
Zukan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:23 pmN i g e l wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:05 am If you ever get the FS1r urge again, be sure to checkout the MODX 1st [or MONTAGE for those on the synths for cakes scheme].
FS1r was FM & formant whereas MODX is FM & samples but it has formant filters, multiple parts & motion sequencing which might be an equivilent and faster to set up !
I think there are tools for transfering DX7 patches to the MODX [ alot of the FS1r presets were DX7 patches layered up with added Fx]
MODX factory presets dont do it justice.
I'll look into that. Thanks.
blinddrew wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:02 pmEddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:57 am ...I don't care about the cost, I don't care about the technicalities. I'm a consumer for whom companies are building these instruments and devices...
Whilst I appreciate that you alone may be a significant part of their market shareI humbly suggest that you might not be a 'typical' customer...
Eddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:33 pmblinddrew wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:02 pmEddy Deegan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:57 am ...I don't care about the cost, I don't care about the technicalities. I'm a consumer for whom companies are building these instruments and devices...
Whilst I appreciate that you alone may be a significant part of their market shareI humbly suggest that you might not be a 'typical' customer...
You're not wrong, but then again neither am I
blinddrew wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:14 pm Dare I suggest that perhaps you, and indeed most of us on this forum, are not entirely representative of the entire target market for musical instruments; being as we are, ahem, slightly older and probably slight more well-heeled than the average aspiring musician?
We are very good at extrapolating our own requirements out and spending other people's money here.