quoted 11 lines Another alternative to the modules i referred to is the FatMan as>
> Another alternative to the modules i referred to is the FatMan as
> featured in the march 94 issue of Electronic Musician. It is a DIY
> article to build an analog bass synth. It has 18 real time controls
> (like the 6 controls on the 303) and is midi or cv gate controlable.
> Plus it has 2 oscillators (1 on the 303) with a control for the mix ratio.
> I am currently building it and will follow up on my results. (and i'll
> put my board design on techno.stanford.edu cause i dont like their design).
> Price? 149$ for the kit from PAiA, or well under 100$ if you program the
> EPROM yourself.
>
This sounds well cool. I hope that I can pick up that magazine in the UK.
I have already built some analogue synth stuff myself, ages ago. It was
published in the early 80s in an english mag called ETI. Synth was
called the 'Digisound 80'. It is a modular design and so very flexible.
The trouble is that the dedicated controller (6502 based) is outdated,
unreliable, and difficult to use. When i get round to it, I shall change
the inbuilt DACs from parallel -> cv to midi -> cv. Personally, I
reckon that this synth would be much more useful than a straight 303.
There are so many differnt ways that you can patch it toghether.
I can see the appeal of 303s though, they seem to instantly produce
headfuck acid mayhem and they're portable. Is the article you mention
basically intended as a 303 substitute. I guess it must be; it seemms odd
to produce an analogue design now otherwise.
Shall try to get mag, and let you know what I think. By the way,
tjhe digisound synth used Curtis Electromusic chips throughout. These
are marvellous little beasts. .... but I don't know if they still make
them. (they were used in the Sequential Circuits designs.) Are these
in that design?
Cheers, Chris