– DIY Modular Synth Part 4: CGS, Oakley & Papareil
Two more modular racks were completed here, with lovely toys such as octave dividers, lag processors, filters, comparators, burst generators, and LFO’s.
The CGS Bi-N-Tic (which is also a great VCO) makes some of the most unique sounds I’ve ever heard from a filter. I remember giggling with glee while twisting the frequency pot and reaching that point on the filter which alwasy goes “POP”. Great stuff.
Another killer CGS board is the Synthacon. It’s so wet and grimey – definetely the most vintage sounding filter on my rack.
I’m disappointed to say that I still haven’t managed to get my Polivox filter clone working. I was looking for some UA776 chips for this and was instead sold the supposed equivalent, LS776. Another diy-er claimed that he got his working fine with these chips, but I can’t seem to get anything out of this board. Hmmmm.
