Muff's Modules & More

Cliff Schecht · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:05 pm Post subject:

My good friend that does digital synths is always playing around with adding knobs to make things more or less stable or to add in some 60/120 Hz noise (sorry Europe guys!). The cool thing is that these are continuously variable instead of just switches so you can kinda tune in your mojo as you wish.

D/A A/D · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:31 pm Post subject:

werock · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:26 pm Post subject:

Any chance the AR generator will be a dual (i.e. 2 AR's rather than 2 frac widths)?

vmgas · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject:

so any word on when we will start to see some of these modules roll out?

werock · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:38 am Post subject:

Finally got round to getting some of the new modules (ok, so they're not so new anymore).

The front panels are very nice - they have that same MOTM paint job effect:

They are also very shallow, the ones I got are no more than 2 inches deep, so those of you with shallow cases won't have a problem. Also nice to see they come with black mounting screws - makes all the difference.

D/A A/D · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:47 am Post subject:

I love my "new" PAiA mods, the balanced modulator especially. I am really looking forward to whats coming!

Nouadh · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:53 am Post subject:

so if i wanted to run any of the 9700 series on the ps500 i just have to remove the regulators?

werock · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:50 am Post subject:

The regulators on the Paia Boards? No, leave them on - they regulate the 15v from your PS500 down to 12v.

The only gotcha is the power connectors on the Paia boards are not the same size as the connectors on a Blacet board. If you're building the Paia modules yourself, you can just leave off the power connectors and solder the wires directly to the board.

If you buy the Paia modules assembled, the connector is already in place, in which case you need a power lead with a .156 connector on one end (for the Blacet supply) and .100 connector on the other for the connector on the Paia board. It sounds more complicated than it actually is. It was covered earlier in this thread.

D/A A/D · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:25 pm Post subject:

Yeah, they work fine off the Blacet supply. I had a bunch of power cables made up by a fellow wiggler.[/list]

Spencer · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:55 pm Post subject:

If you use the PAiA power supply with the PAiA modules would it be plug and play then? I mean will the modules just plug into the power supply without making a cable? I was thinking of buying a PAiA rack and power supply and then filling it with PAiA modules.

werock · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:49 am Post subject:

Yeah, I think that's why they've got the .100 connectors on the boards, to ensure backwards compatibility with their own stuff.

Shouldn't be too expensive, filling a rack up of these modules.

D/A A/D · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:42 am Post subject:

But you have to build the PAiA power supply...

Spencer · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject:

dogoftears · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject:

newbies take heed!!! this is THEE way to start up for cheap. put a dual vca, cv source, and lin to expo converter next to each other and you've got some powerful utility there. also notice they sell a 25 dollar tool kit that includes everything you need to build almost any DIY synth project...

whitewulfe · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:25 am Post subject:

Are they offering a pre-built and tested 9700S yet? Just curious if anyone's heard or seen such things.

D/A A/D · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:28 am Post subject:

Just wait for the fucking VCO, Filters (yeah PLURAL!)... PAiA may just bring about the frac renaissance!

Spencer · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:32 pm Post subject:

whitewulfe · Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:29 pm Post subject:

vmgas · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:01 pm Post subject:

novielo · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject:

could these be used with a eurorack power module? if they regulated down to 12v i could just remove it?