I got my start doing SDIY 5U projects. At the time that was what was available to me. Embarrassingly I hadn't grasped the concept of Serge until I was able to use my friends Serge system a few years ago. It was kind of a life changing moment. It made me think about synthesis in a completely different way. I was shown the light! Since then I've always had a passion for 4U (Serge/Banana) and 5U (MU). This is going to sound terrible coming from a Eurorack Manufacturer... but I don't care for the eurorack format honestly. The vertical height doesn't lend itself to quite the interfacing that I prefer and due to it's lack of standards, it tends to set off my OCD when it comes to what I feel is important in an instrument, Interface... And banana jacks!!! Eurorack is convenient, portable, relatively affordable and as far as options go... there is nothing that compares. It's a larger market for sure. Which ultimately lead me to manufacturing mostly in that format. I have am however retooling the shop to support 4U and MU format manufacturing. I'll continue manufacturing in
Eurorack, but my love for the interface and concepts behind Serge (Banana) and MU format modular synthesis will never die. They just work better for me.
Possibly a daft unanswerable questions as different projects or needs call for different things but do you have a favourite synth / instrument? I.e. a closed system such as your Verbos case, The Harvestman Polivoks stuff, etc. The reason I'm asking is I've seen you building lots of 2600 DIY projects which really appeal as a full instrument and voice within
This might be a lengthy 2 part answer, but I'll try to bring
everything together at the end... ;)
In the last couple of years, I've come to a few realities in my life
(and I don't throw these around lightly with respect that those
who battle with it worse than I do). I probably have some form of
ADD and mild OCD. Because of this, it greatly effects my
productivity in both music creativity and and in my personal /
professional life. With regards to modular, I have been down the
road (a few times!) of building the largest system I can in
Eurorack. 4-6 voices running at the same time, a module per
function, etc, etc. But what I've found happens to me is I get
overwhelmed, can't focus or have a lack of creativity because I
go to the same modules for the same function every time. When
I started making chipmusic, I was using a Game Boy... You have
to understand the hardware to appreciate the music. The Game
Boy has a 4 channel sound synthesizer.