Muff's Modules & More

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:09 am Post subject: dear eric 500 series me up

dear eric

ever thought of making any 500 series modules?

everyman and his dog are going 500 series nuts at present but most of the stuff is very tame...great but tame

a few have tubes in ...

http://vintageking.com/Shop-New-Categories/500-Series/Roll-Music-Syste ms-RMS5A7-Tubule

this company are promising something different but it has not ever turned up

http://youprettyduck.com/filstortion.html

metasonix 500 comp ? yes please

a filter you could use for eq??

an lfo with VCA?

MY GOD MAN!!

just a thought...
we're not worthy

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:30 am Post subject:

then i could load one of these puppys...(see bottom goatse.cx

) up with some yellow peril love

as well as

yum yum

have you guys seen this desk?

its sick you can load any 500 series into it and heance custom build your own little piece of heaven
love

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:36 am Post subject:

Kent · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:44 am Post subject:

Is Gearslutz down?

lol

Just breakin' yer ballz a lil'.

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:47 am Post subject:

lol no eveyone is fine over there thanks Mr. Green

its an interesting idea tho coz modular synths now modular desks....

we could merge baby !!! YEAH

Champagne

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:50 am Post subject:

+ alot of folk are buying 500 series.... it must shirley be a bigger market than you 3 or 4 guys into modular synths

i mean EVERYONE has got into 500 series

*500 series love* love

Audio Resistance · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:24 am Post subject:

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:33 am Post subject:

his stuff looks sooo cool

i have yet to hear any myself
help

parasitk · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:02 am Post subject:

I have a Mono Gama. I love the fucker!

Some sort of Metasonix module in 500 series would be very cool, actually.

Soy Sos · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:08 am Post subject:

A fun idea, but I doubt he would want to get into a whole other format.
I would guess most people wanting to inject Metasonix mayhem into
their audio chain would be more than happy to simply patch it in.
The 500 series is an amazing format. I have a 6 space lunchbox with
2x API 512-c, 1x Purple Biz, 1x Purple Action and 2x Speck EQ.
It's a fantastic package that I use on EVERY tracking session!

parasitk · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:19 am Post subject:

Agreed, probably not worth it, but still fun to think about.

mono-poly · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

I rather buy vintage channels like old Siemens/WSW etc screaming goo yo

But ok cool idea!

Audio Resistance · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject:

o come on guys it would be totally awsome and well worth it !!

open metasonix up to a whole new crew....

lovin that mono gama you got there parastik

badass
Mr. Green

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject:

i would die for some 500 series mods of that mixing desk eric made 4 the wretch

*swoon*

jawdrop

no ?

mono-poly · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject:

http://modular.googlepages.com/TAB.JPG

These are my most favorite recording eq's screaming goo yo

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject:

blimey i have never seen them b4?

their german ?

look f'in sweet

got more info?

mono-poly · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject:

wsw w95 (gemanium equalizers)

tiny333 · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject:

copied this ... its all i could find ...

LAWO was the last manufacturer of many of the classic German broadcast modules after ANT (and ANT/Telefunken). I believe the W995 is an update of the W695. This line was first made by TAB and sold under their name and the Telefunken brand. The first one was the Germanium based W95. This was followed by silicon transistor based W295, W395 and the Telefunken branded W695. Filtek was another manufacturer and they started out as a Swiss company and all their eq's are highly regarded (the Swiss made ones have a black face panel). Filtek was then purchased by Siemens in West Germany and they moved production there (those usually have a tan front panel). Siemens had a division called BFE (which still exists but they do not make recording studio equipment any longer - mostly telecommunications stuff) and their Filtek modules were sometimes branded Filtek, BFE/Filtek, and then just BFE. Siemens also made eq's under the Siemens name. Pretty much all of the eq modules from this era are highly regarded. I own both original Swiss Filtek modules and the German BFE/Filtek modules and they sound identical to me. The Neumann branded eq's also sound great but I am not sure if these were really made by Neumann or were made by Siemens/BFE (or possibly even TAB) and were branded Neumann. Again, pretty much all of these sound excellent. ANT came next and while I don't think they are as highly regarded as some of the earlier modules, they are still considered to be very good. LAWO was the last in line. My understanding is that some of the LAWO units are not as good as the earlier Filtek/BFE/Siemens/Neumann modules as they started using less expensive transformers and fewer discrete components, but since I do not own the LAWO versions, I can not comment specifically. Oliver Archut at TAB/Funkenwerk knows more about this.

In general, most of the early German broadcast modules (discrete or largely discrete) with top of the line transformers in them (like Haufe) which have brand names such as TAB, Telefunken, Filtek, BFE, Siemens, and Neumann are really useful, still undervalued, and are just being discovered today. The eq's sort of come in two basic types, less accurate "sound shaping" units like W95/295/395/695 modules (Telefunken and Siemens branded) and the more accurate "mastering" type units like the W696 and Filtek MK3 series. Both are very useful, just different. Please be aware many of these units have been used for 30- 40 years and may require service.

When in doubt, if the price is about the same, I would get something earlier than the last of the LAWO versions of these modules UNLESS you are certain the LAWO ones you are buying have top notch Haufe or Pinketron transformers and are mostly discrete. Also please be aware, all these companies made LOTS of different kinds of modules (like line amps, summing amps, splitters, faders, meters for various other modules, power supplies, etc.) so not every vintage German module has value.

J. Mike Perkins
jmikeperkins.com myspace.com/jmikeperkins

thanks j mike

lol

i love old eq's like that ////

my fav ones i ever got my hands on was an old klien and hummel

it had big red and white buttons .. no dials...! sounded great

where did you get your eq mono?

Cheesy!

mono-poly · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject:

I got mine from a vintage reseller mofli-recordings.
I had a studer desk in parts witch i did trade for it partly.