Moog Music Forum

Hi guys

I am a guitarist trying to combine a lot of effects. And I want the moogerfoogers to act as the heart of my set up. I plan on getting alot of the expression pedals, the moog ones are plastic and large so i am going to get some other ones.

This morning I bought the tiny DOD fx 17 wah/ volume/ cv. And the CV out is only 1/8 inch out. It says 0 to +5 is the range.

Will this work w/ my moogerfoogers?
What kind of cable should i use?

I am generally confused about CV, but am very curious, I need some help in the education of modular analog synthesis, for eventually I want to run my guitar through a soon to be purchased MS 20. And I want to completely connect the moogerfoogers with it as well as my guitar +effect. This is probably a phone conversation, but if one of you wise cats can help a yougn guy out, give me a call -

thanks - shua

WHAT! Are you crazy??? Most of the guys on this board are members of NAMBLA and would just love call and then meet up for some "treats".

Never give out your actual phone #

NAMBLA?

I looked this up on the web and got something decidedly NOT synth related.

Am I missing something?

So any advice besides not giving out a #

Hello,

You may be trying to do too many things at once with your setup at this point. Since you say you are just starting with synthesizers, it may be easier to keep your practice routine with your guitar and effects the same, while
allocating a separate block of time for learning the synth basics with the
MS-20 (no external effects). This is what I was referring to when I used the term structured approach on the previous thread.
Many of the effect devices used in stomp boxes often appear as modules
on many synths (wah, phase, ring mod, etc.). The way in which these effects
can be used on modular synths is a bit more flexible than how they are implemented in many of the the pedal-based effects, (although, the Moogers are pretty flexible).
The filter modules can be a bit more flexible on modular synths because more than one of the synths controllers (wheel, pedal, ext, etc..) can be applied to different parameters of the same effect simultaneously.
This is not to imply that one needs to learn how to patch a synth to know
how to use effects however, learning how these modules are used within
the context of modular synthesis may give you an additional perspective
on your guitar-based applications for the effects.
Once you become comfortable and fluent patching sounds on the MS-20, it will be easier integrating it into your guitar/pedal setup.
I've seen the owner's manual for the MS-20, and although it has good info on the modules themselves, its not the easiest reference to use as a primer for modular programming. Jim Aiken's book is a good start however, I find that even the older books are not that dated, given that the layout of analog synth's architecture is still basically close to that of the 70's synth models.


regards,


LWG