
The synthesizer is, as most are, a work in progress. I have accumulated the following gear:
Pre-built modules:
4 Oakley Lags Made by Krisp Purchased from Analogue Haven
2 MOTM Moog ladder 1490 Purchased form Analogue Haven
1 Metal Box (CGS) Wave Multiplier
1 Metal Box (CGS) Matrix Mixer
2 Krisp (Oakley) Overdrive
1 Cyndustries Saw Animator - Purchased from Analogue Haven
1 Synthasonic 8 Stage Phaser
1 Yves Usson Gate Delay by STG Sound Labs Purchased from Analogue Haven
1 Cyndustries Zeroscillator
1 Blacet Binary Zone
1 Blacet Delay/Attack/Delay
1 Somatic Circuits VC-303 tb-303 module
Euro Modules
1 Tiptop Audio Z5000 Voltage Controlled Multi Effect Processor
Purchased from Analogue Haven
1 Tiptop Audio Z-DSP Voltage Controlled Digital Signal
Processor Purchased from Analogue Haven
3 YVes Usson Fixed Filter Bank One of these is in the Synthasystem
PCB and parts from Bridechamber
2 Doepfer a-156 Dual Quantizer modules Purchased from Analogue Haven
1 Doepfer a-152 Voltage Addressed Track&Hold / Switch
Purchased from Analogue Haven
1 MOTM e340 Cloud Generator Purchased from Analogue Haven
Misc. Kits:
2 Mankato Filters - PCB from Magic Smoke, parts from Mouser, Allied, etc.
2 Metal Box (CGS) Steiner Synthacon filters
1 Yves Usson Saw Animator - PCB and parts from Bridechamber
1 Jürgen Haible Frequency Shifter - PCB from Jürgen Haible, parts from
Tobias Schilly
1 Jürgen Haible Tau Phaser - PCB from Jürgen Haible. Parts from
Bridechamber (SSM2210 version).
1* Jürgen Haible Triple Chorus - PCB from Jürgen Haible. Parts from
the usual sources like Allied,
Mouser, etc. BBD chips from VintageSynth.
1* Jürgen Haible Subtle Chorus - PCB from Jürgen haible. Parts
from Tobias Schilly.
2 Jürgen Haible Living VCO - PCB from Jürgen Haible. Parts from
Tobias Schilly. Each Living VCO has
three separate VCOs and a common driver
section.
1 Jürgen Haible Vari-Slope Filter/Phaser - PCB from Jürgen Haible.
Parts from the usual sources
like Allied, Mouser, etc
3 MOTM 300 Ultra VCOs from SynthTech. Some special parts from
SynthTech, other parts from the usual sources
like Allied, Mouser, etc.
1* MOTM 490 Micro VCF - Moog 904A VCF clone. This is in the Synthasystem
2 Plague Bearer filters. Basically assembled, just made custom panels.
1 Quad Low Pass Gate - PCB from Cyndustries, Parts from the usual
sources like Allied, Mouser, etc.
1 YVes Usson CV Standards - PCB and parts from Bridechamber
1* Tellun Nerual Agonizer - PCB from Scott Juskiw, parts from various
vendors
2* Papareil Quantix 8 - "Mini Wave" modules, PCB from Marc Bareille,
parts from somewhere...
1 Gabatronics Oscilloscope in a custom panel
1 Tellun-867 - A440 reference (thanks to Dave Brown), Headphone amp.,
Beat frequency indicator, bundled with a "Tiny
Scope" - Custom PCB and panel. Parts from various sources
"DJB440" chip from Dave Brown.
2* Thomas White "Buchla" Low Pass Gates - PCB's from Thomas White,
parts from somewhere I hope...
1* MFOS 16 step sequencer - PCB from MFOS, parts from somewhere...
2* Yves Usson MiniMoog filters - PCB and parts kit from Bridechamber
2* Yves usson ARP clone filters - PCB and parts kit from Bridechamber
2* MOTM 440 Discrete OTA VCF special parts from MOTM, custom panel
2* MOTM 420 MS-20 VCF special parts from MOTM, custom panel
2* Somatic Circuits Jaguar Low Pass Filter
* - Not finished
1 PAiA 9700 (don't know how much I'll use this, but was a great start)
John Blacet modules (all but three were kits):
I've since sold my VCOs and will likely sell some others.
1 Improbability Drive
1 Klang Werk
1 Hex Zone 16 channel sequential switch
1 Stonz Phase Shifter
1 Window Comparator
3 Splitter / Mixer
2 Filthy Filter
6 Envelope Generator (1 was pre-built)
5 Dual VCA
2 Mixer - Processor
2 VCLFO
1 Scanner
1 Sequential Switch
1 Input Processor
2 Bar Graph
1 Mini Wave
1 I have 4 bare PCBs which I will build into a euro panel. I'll
sell a couple and keep a couple.
Keyboards, etc.
1 John Bowen "Solaris" synthesizer on order. I expect to get this
soon'ish.
1 Moog - Mini Moog Voyager RME purchased from Analogue Haven.
1 Moog - MiniMoog Voyager Select Mahogany cabinet with Jade backlights
purchased from the Midi-Store
1 Moog - VX-351 Expander purchased from the Midi-Store
1 Moog - VX-352 Expander purchased from Analogue Haven.
1 Moog - Moogerfooger Midi MuRF purchased from Analogue Haven.
1 Moog - Moogerfooger CP-251 Controller purchased from Analogue Haven.
2 Moog - Moogerfooger MF 104Z Analog Delay One used purchased on eBay and
one new purchased from
Guitar Effects Pedals.
1 Moog - Moogerfooger MF 103 12 Stage Phaser purchased from ProAudioStar
through their eBay store.
1 Moog - Moogerfooger MF 107 Freqbox purchased from Perfect Circuit Audio
on eBay.
1 Moog - Moogerfooger MF 101 Low Pass Filter purchased from Sweetwater.
1 Kawai K1 MkII synthesizer
1 Analogue Solutions Oberkorn III Sequencer purchased from Analogue Haven.
1 AKAI MPK88 midi controller
1 Anyware Instruments Tinysizer purchased from Analogue Haven.
1 Custom Steiner Synthasystem re-issue. I'm in the process of putting a
re-release of this synthesizer together. All the original modules
available for the system are finished. See here for details.
Utility, tools, and other stuff:
2 Ad Infinitum UM410 standard multiples
3 Ad Infinitum "Encore Expressionist" UM410+ multiples.
This provides front panel access to the mixer,
Expressionist, etc.
1 Encore Expressionist
1 Kenton PRO-2000 MkII MIDI-CV converter purchased from Big City Music.
This is for the Synthasystem.
2 MOTU MIDI Time Piece - AV
1 Echo Audio AudioFire Pre8 16 In 16 Out Firewire audio interface
3 Furhman power conditioners
1 Beheringer 1/4 inch patch panel
3 QuikLok RS-954 racks (replaced with 3 QuikLok RS-514's and 3
RS-510's . The RS-954's tipped over and it wasn't
pretty... They are very unstable and I can't recommend them.)
2 Ebtech 8-Channel Hum Eliminator
1 Ebtech 8-Channel Line Level Shifter
1 Extech MM570 digital multimeter, "50,000 count display with
500,000 for DCV and Hz"
4 M-Audio Studiophile BX8a Deluxe studio monitors - two are
dedicated to the modular and two are hooked to the Pre8.
1 Agilent DSOX2004A - Oscilloscope: 100 MHz. 4 Channels with function
generator
1 Seeed Studio DSO Quad - 4 channel digital storage oscilloscope
Software
Cakewalk Sonar Producer
Adobe Audition 3
Arturia Moog Modular V
Arturia Minimoog V
NI FM7
NI FM8
SonicQuest Midiquest librarian/editor
Moog Moog Voyager SE librarian/editor
Patch cables, Midi cables, etc. etc. etc.