Zeroscillator FOR THE YUM

Well look what just arrived. omgz.

Super extra special thanks to Kevin who is an AWESOME trader and was simply fantastic to deal with every step of the way. Thanks Kevin and *really* appreciate this.

'Scuse me now please, I have some FM to play with.

Cyndustries Saw Animator - New 3U Shots

Not sure if these have been posted on Matrixsynth or elsewhere yet - I didn't see them, but I've been 'seasonally' out of the loop in the last week or so.

Anyway, Cynthia just sent me these my way, and they had me DROOLING - I had to post them! Very sweet stuff indeed - and currently right at the top of my 'to buy very soon list'

Thanks Cynthia :)

Latest Modular Pics (Featuring Wiard!)

Well, finally got a bit of time to re-do one of my towers and get all my new Wiard stuff in there, and took a few pics. I think these may be some of the nicest pics I've ever taken of my synth... (never been much of a photographer)

Anyway this is actually an up-to-date photo of my synth! It's not showing the two 'orphan' frac racks I have sitting standalone on the side with some modules in them, but anyway. Mostly I wanted to get a shot or two of my gorgeous new Wiard modules that were waiting for me when I got back from the US on Friday. Enjoy.

(Oh yeah, click on the pics for a bigger size if you want)

This Week's Frac-Rack News! Crazy!

No, not a new weekly feature here, but the results of a flurry of news from the Frac-Rack world!

First, and this is *major*, The Wiard Synthesizer Company has announced on their mailing list that they will be discontinuing the 1200 series (Frac-Rack Modules), and bringing the classic 300 series back to reglar production.

This is very mixed news, that impacts me in a few ways. First, I've just shuffled a bunch of funds, and have made a large payment to secure the remaining modules I need for my 'master plan' frac system, which required 2 of each of the 1200 series Wiard modules (one of each in black and blue!). Next, I'm bummed that there won't be new 1200 Series modules, in particular the Woggle Bug and the VCO. Finally, I'm extremely excited about the return of the 300 series. In fact, I can tell you right now that this will FOR SURE be my 'next format' after I'm done with Frac-Rack (actually, I'll probably start BEFORE I'm done with Frac-Rack). Tough beans Euro-Rack, this means you'll have to wait a LONG LONG time to see any of my money. Anyway, no more 1200's, and the return of the 300. Really interesting news. If you covet any 1200-series modules (they are all freakin' FANTASTIC), get your orders in fast - Grant will continue to build them only until his parts are depleted.

Next, Shawn from Analogue Haven dropped me a line to mention that the Bananalogue LPFA (see earlier post) should be in stock this week, along with the frac-rack version of the Livewire Frequensteiner module. He included a photo of the 'Frac'uensteiner, and I'm happy to say that it has a BLACK front panel (as opposed to "classic" Livewire silver), so it'll look great in all our frac systems! I won't post the image here, because Matrixsynth already did it. Anyway, thanks Shawn for the tip!

Finally, in MOTM news, Paul mentioned on the mailing list that PCBs are being stuffed for the next run of Frac'd MOTM modules. No more details, except that they will be available at Analog Haven as usual, and that the MOTM VCO will be one of the new modules. Cool stuff!

Livewire goes Frac-Rack!

Great news! I just found out from Shawn at
Analogue Haven that Livewire modules will be available in the Frac-Rack format "sometime soon". Apparently pricing will be similar to the current prices for the EuroRack format, and the Frequensteiner will be the first module to make the transformation.

I'm *really* excited about this. Livewire and Plan B are the two main draws for me on the EuroRack format. And the way that my Frac plans have been taking off (along with so many new modules in the format), it will be a LONG time before I can start another format.... so I really couldn't be happier about this news, very very cool!

Now here's hoping that Plan B follows suit sometime soon, I really want to get a couple of Model 13's and Model 15's

Lots of thanks to Shawn for this news. Take a peek at Analogue Haven's Livewire page by clicking here.