{"id":24,"date":"2008-05-13T15:27:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T15:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2019-02-24T17:22:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T17:22:45","slug":"comparison-of-current-modular-synths-part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/comparison-of-current-modular-synths-part2\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Current Modular Synths \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following on from the previous article, here are the other major modular synthesizer companies worth considering:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modcan\u00a0\u2013 modcan.com: Beautifully designed and extremely expensive, the Modcan modular system is a delightful selection of ever-so-slightly eccentric modules which generally sound excellent. The product range is divided into the older \u2018A\u2019 range and the newer, prettier \u2018B\u2019 range depending on your taste. Despite the nice looks, superb sounds and top-notch build quality, the Modcan modular system is not cheap, and with the relatively newly released analogue sequencer setting you back over one-and-a-half grand, the Modcan is only for those prepared to pay for extremely high quality gear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">MOTM \u2013 synthtech.com: \u2018Mother Of All Modulars\u2019 are an established current producer of modular gear, providing modules pre-built (expensive) or as DIY packages (not quite so expensive). Complete systems are not sold as a whole, encouraging users to build and customize their own systems. The equipment itself is of good quality and sounds excellent, but the narrow selection of modules is somewhat limiting \u2013 making MOTM a good starting place for a modular synth, but a large system would soon need to expand into other module manufacturer for more features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oakley \u2013 oakleysound.com: UK-based homebrew manufacturer \u2018Oakley Modular\u2019 have established themselves as a semi-popular provider of DIY modules for users to build themselves. As of late 2007, the company is releasing new modules for their current series, which look excellent and highly creative, including a discrete analogue filter, and an overdrive module. In future they should become a more popular supplier of modular synths, and increase their currently rather small user base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Synthesizers.com \u2013 synthesizers.com: At the start of the millennium, robotics genius Roger Arrick decided it would be a good idea to start producing imitation Moog Modular synth gear for everyone who missed it the first time. After a slightly shaky start, the \u2018.com\u2019 series of synthesizer modules has taken off, and have become the quintessential choice for those who want the sound and feel of classic Moog gear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;\">A somewhat uninspiring selection of modules are available at reasonable prices, but it would be nice to see some more exotic modules that weren\u2019t part of the original Moog Modular range available \u2013 although the superb sequencer modules make up for this somewhat. Despite this, the systems are reliable and well-built, and include a great monthly payment plan for an introductory system if you\u2019re a broke student like me.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wiard \u2013 wiard.com: \u2018Wiard\u2019 modular synthesizers have been around for a while now, and have established a reputation for sounding good, and being difficult to get hold of. They sport some creative modules on offer, and look stunning in PPG-style blue, but are very expensive \u2013 limited to the high-end market only unfortunately. Regardless, they are an excellent maker of modules to choose for a top quality system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conclusion, I would like to add that although there are more modular manufacturers out there, if you\u2019re aware and conscious with intent to buy from them then you don\u2019t really need to be reading this. These modular synths are all reliable, well\u2013built, have excellent customer service, and above all sound good. For those who are new to the world of modular synths, I would recommend sticking to well-known companies such as \u2018synthesizers.com\u2019 and \u2018Doepfer\u2019, as they are an excellent basis for a solid foundation as a modular synthesizer due to having pre-built systems ready to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the previous article, here are the other major modular synthesizer companies worth considering: Modcan\u00a0\u2013 modcan.com: Beautifully designed and extremely expensive, the Modcan modular system is a delightful selection of ever-so-slightly eccentric modules which generally sound excellent. The product range is divided into the older \u2018A\u2019 range and the newer, prettier \u2018B\u2019 range [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[30,29,35,31,32,33,34],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovativesynthesis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}