Got my new toy... EMU MODULAR

Why Adapter · Post by **Why Adapter** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:28 am

That is so lovely!

I had the opportunity to play one of these years ago at the School of the Art Institue of Chicago. My friend's fellow student brought me in, sat me down in front of it, and said, "Okay, play!"

I was so intimidated by it that all I could do was set up your basic VCO-ENV-VCF-VCA patch and noodle around. Wish I could have had a few weeks with it, instead of just one evening.

MindMachine · Post by **MindMachine** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:20 am

ear ear wrote:
MindMachine wrote:Congrats on the score!! The Emu VC Clock is one of my favorite spec'd modules. I hope you get to keep one VC Clock.
What is it about the Emu VC Clock that makes it stand out for you? I just did a quick search and found an article in Sound on Sound that says:

My favourite of the more unusual Emu modules is the voltage-controlled clock. This features a built-in LFO with mixable pulse and saw waves, of which you can control the frequency and pulse width. By messing around with the waveform levels you can gate the clocks to one of two outputs, resulting in complex alternating syncopated triggers from two outputs. This is great for polyrhymic pulsing rhythms.

It has so many ins and outs and a pulse width modulation w/ 2-3 inouts. It has four types of outs I think: pulse outs (w/ on/off controlled inouts), saw out, PWM out and dual clock outs. There are a few ways to mix and match these outs and 3 vc inputs for timing. It is just a very open architecture. I have never had the chance to use one. Seems awesome on paper:
http://www.emulatorarchive.com/assets/P ... Manual.pdf

ear ear · Post by **ear ear** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:16 am

Thanks for the link, MindMachine!

Plenty of reading to get through.

Morley · Post by **Morley** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:37 am

The system you are keeping is great. Good choice
David

doombient.music · Post by **doombient.music** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:12 pm

But itÃ‚Â´s got only two VC oscillators, or am I missing something (not too familiar with Emu modular, I must confess)?

Stephen

Morley · Post by **Morley** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:17 pm

It has 5 smaller sawtooth/pulse VCO modules so as far as I can tell, 7 VCO in total

roginator · Post by **roginator** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:08 pm

doombient.music wrote:But itÃ‚Â´s got only two VC oscillators, or am I missing something (not too familiar with Emu modular, I must confess)?

Stephen

yeah 7x VCO can be set to LFO and VCC that is crazy LFO!!!

total 8 oscilattors

doombient.music · Post by **doombient.music** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:24 pm

Okay, I see. ThatÃ‚Â´s quite massive.

Shame I will never go modular.

Stephen

samuraipizzacat29 · Post by **samuraipizzacat29** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:31 am

thanks for the schems, good reading.

is there enough info there for someone to tackle the 2200 vco with the wave converter submodule? or just the wave converter submodule? that looks interesting to mine eyes........

roginator · Post by **roginator** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:26 pm

Im interested in more emu modules

I will sell one system, but to upgrade mine .. Im looking for some modules

2200 VCO modules ... 2 pcs
Voltage controlled lowpass filter x2
VCA 2000 x1
...

would trade also !! but its hard to find other emu modular owners out there!!!

roginator · Post by **roginator** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:41 pm

got all emu i need in this life !

Dave Peck · Post by **Dave Peck** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:07 pm

I'm familiar with the polyphonic keyboard with the numeric keypad (I used one for a couple of years with the Emu modular that was owned by the college I was attending many years ago). But I see that the other keyboard with your 'keeper' system is different. I've never seen that version. What is it, and why did you choose to keep that one over the other one?

roginator · Post by **roginator** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:50 am

Dave Peck wrote:I'm familiar with the polyphonic keyboard with the numeric keypad (I used one for a couple of years with the Emu modular that was owned by the college I was attending many years ago). But I see that the other keyboard with your 'keeper' system is different. I've never seen that version. What is it, and why did you choose to keep that one over the other one?

I didnot keep any keyboard.

one beside polyphonic one was classic monophonic.

I dont have need work keyboard on EMU .. I play it from Encore Expresionist

leeski · Post by **leeski** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:23 am

woo how does it sound thats a lot of modulation

Savage · Post by **Savage** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:23 pm

roginator wrote:
Dave Peck wrote:I'm familiar with the polyphonic keyboard with the numeric keypad (I used one for a couple of years with the Emu modular that was owned by the college I was attending many years ago). But I see that the other keyboard with your 'keeper' system is different. I've never seen that version. What is it, and why did you choose to keep that one over the other one?
I didnot keep any keyboard.

one beside polyphonic one was classic monophonic.

I dont have need work keyboard on EMU .. I play it from Encore Expresionist

I think I would've kept one of the E-mu keyboards, 'just because'... But that's just me, and your 'keeper' system is positively beautiful! And I'm mainly into black-faced MU stuff with 'big knobs and 1/4" jacks'! I know I'll never own one, but since I read Allen Strange's book (which I've read three times!), I've wanted to get my hands on an E-mu modular just to try it out. Strange was obviously impressed with it. He literally 'wrote the book' on early Buchla systems enabling his familiarity with those systems, but he apparently used E-mu's in his examples because they did what he wanted them to do.

roginator · Post by **roginator** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:14 pm

I decided to expand my system a bit .. since i have more EMU stuff .. and finally make my FINAL EMU system .. so ITS DONE! .. and IM super happy with SYSTEM i have

also i built DUAL LFO module based on Potpourri LFO electronics with original BLANK panel and KNOBS

if you ask me EMU should do that in past .. awesome small module for this system!

so here is my DIY EMU Dual LFO module

and here is my SYSTEM now .. THATS IT - ITS finished !

Maco · Post by **Maco** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:22 pm

Wow now vidz pleaseeeeeee

moog55 · Post by **moog55** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:26 pm

wow! incredible. great find.

thetwlo · Post by **thetwlo** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:54 pm

odd, i had to move and put my non-working emu seq with keyboard on craigslist Seattle for free. it was gone quickly but it had a 40pin cable that seemed very specific. To connect to this giant modular that might be a prototype of the Auditiy???

chamomileshark · Post by **chamomileshark** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:27 am

very nice, I saw this first time round and it looked great - obviously even better now.

do you have audio demos?

TheDegenerateElite · Post by **TheDegenerateElite** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:27 pm

Very nice.

I think this was actually a single 8-12 voice polyphonic system rather than two separate systems, though you can obviously configure it anyway.

The Poly keyboard could control up to 16 voices and has a neat 60 step sequencer built in. The other digital keyboard is probably there for when the previous owner wanted to keep things simple.

That keypad/keyboard is the design that SCI licensed,I believe for the Prophets. The other digitally scanned board was the one Oberheim opted for.

A shame to split up a poly system as it would be tough to ever get the modules together again, but one does what one must.

Very nice refurb work on your keeper!

SynthCat · Post by **SynthCat** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:16 pm

She's beautiful

X PRO · Post by **X PRO** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:59 pm

God damn am I jealous. A complete E-MU modular is my personal holy grail of synthesizing. I don't even know what I'd do if I ever had the opportunity to grab one. Super, super jealous!

JohnLRice · Post by **JohnLRice** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:03 am

roginator wrote:and here is my SYSTEM now .. THATS IT - ITS finished !

Glorious!

roginator · Post by **roginator** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:08 am

whole system .. Upper cabinet is available for sale .. for lower one don't even ask .. keeper forever

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Got my new toy... EMU MODULAR