Tweaking the Paia 9700S

[nargargole]

good demo - you got something going by the end - the secret of modular is to keep on tweaking! but then to know when to stop - then sample it, yes!

[legolas11795]

seriously,how hard was this to build?Im dithering on a purchase because I dont trust my skills

[liverawkstar]

this thing has a sweet sound

Ive been procrastinating getting into one of these

thanks

[synthpro]

Nice sound!!!

[shobley]

Any chance you could post some test patches?

I wish there were more 9700 patches on the internet just so we could check to make sure our synths are working OK.

[NEALBEARD2]

thanks for posting....!

building a fatman at the mo an dso was interested in the 9700 as a next step...

looks (and sounds) great!

[doktorfuture]

PAiA is an amazing company. I heart them muchly.

[cosmotcat]

Ahhh the memories. Back in the 70's, I built the 'road keyboard' and the 'road rack', full of modules. Never REALLY learned how to play, but it was such a BLAST to build and mess around with ... and I actually learned something as well. I wish all of those modules/packages were still available. It's such a 'digital world' now. Thnx for posting.

[LofiFreq]

what unit is on top of you 9700s ?

[sakrobeat]

On top? Oh, thats a selfmade diy multiples-attenuator-combinati­on panel. There are two 4-multiples and two simple potentiometers to attentuate the control voltages.

[mongobongoman]

can you get any good triangle waves with this?

[sakrobeat]

The square wave, the triangle wave and the sawtooth sound very analogue and warm

[mongobongoman]

How are the controls laid out?

[sakrobeat]

For the layout please have a look at the paia website

[myleftnutts]

i finally hear some "Paia" stuff.however this is not a put down,but a observation. i see why linear analog gear never

made it as pro music gear.without the exponential converters they don't sound like they are in tune. RIP "John

Simonton" we miss ya.

[sdm02]

The 9700 shown here is exponential. The linear stuff you're thinking of was their first line of synth modules in the 70's. I second the John Simonton sentiment.

[myleftnutts]

thanks for the intel,i was alway's under the impression all Paia syth modules were linear.

[Synthnl]

I build a fatman too in the past. Had a lot of fun doing that. I also just ordered the 9700. It will arrive on monday. Can't wait to start building it.

[gnarlsbukowski]

nice. i'm taking a crack at one of these over my university holiday.  are those the included cables? they look pretty flimsy

[sakrobeat]

The material for the cables is included. You got 4ft co-axial cable and 25 1/8" phone plugs and you have to solder the patch cables by yourself.

But every other 1/8" patch cord can be used (like the patch cords which are used with the korg legacy collection MS20 controller, the yellow one in the video is one of those).

[DanceCommanderTony]

Awesome! I recently built a Fatman and was considering taking a crack at the 9700S. It was great to see a video of one in use!

Sounds great with the oscillators tuned to fifths! Pretty expressive filter, too.