I made this mostly to get the parts off the shelf and into use.
Pretty to look at. Works ok. Needs more stuff.
The 4 VCOs sound good, and seem stable. They'll knock you down, like ARP an oscillator should,
But the Behringer circuits don't like to share CV, and multing them all to a stable pitch is elusive,
so as fun as those passive multiples are, at least two of the A-182 mults have to go.
The 1047 filter has an instability, and not in a musical way if that's your primary VCF.
Like all filters, I have to learn it, but it's cranky.
Why didn't they add two clock outputs to the S&H module? They're right there.
Instead, it takes two clock outputs to sync it. Grrr.
I've used the 2500 series sequencers with Doepfer QNT for a long time and they always just work.
The vactrol filter is just a panel filler until the filtamp arrives.
The A-171 is cool, but doesn't earn it's 8hp.
The mutant brain is going too. Adding MIDI isn't feeling like a good fit here.
The next build gets an active mult and clock dividers.
I also found that I'm missing not having a noise source.
My envelope and VCA situation is dire. Juat two envelopes sharing one gate/trigger? Lame.
I've got some Behringer series 100 modules that'll work, but was going for that shiny 2500 aesthetic.
Because of the smaller scale, the aluminum, the 70's look, and the kind of light-duty switches and knobs Behringer used,
I'm not sure if this is kind of an ARP 2500, or a really nice PAIA 4700.
I've wanted to build one of those one day too.
Back to planning fun.
Thank You Modular Grid!
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