Comparison of 5U module brands: Difference between revisions

A comparison of the [[5U]] modular synth format (aka form factor), from all known modular synthesizer manufacturers. 5U (8.75") is the format introduced by [[Moog]] and the width of the original Moog modules were 1U (2.125"), so this is called [[MU]] (for Moog Unit). The 5U/MU format is also referred to as ''Dotcom''. 5U modules with a 1.75" width are referred to as ''MOTM'' format.

|[[CGS]]||||||5U||2.125"/1.75"||||||||USA||[http://www.bridechamber.com/ web]||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||

|[[Club of the Knobs]]||C900 Series||1/4" Jack||5U||2.125"||3"||±15||14 pin edge connector||Portugal||[http://www.cluboftheknobs.com/ web]||||||

|[[Corsynth]]||||||5U||||||||||Spain||[http://www.corsynth.com/ web]||||||

|[[Curetronic]]||||1/4" jack||5U||||||±15 or ±12||||Germany||[http://www.curetronic.com/ web]||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||

|[[Cyndustries]]||||||5U||||||||||USA||[http://www.cyndustries.com/ web]||||||

|[[Encore Electronics]]||Modular||1/4" jack||5U||1.75"||||±15||4 pin 0.156" [[Molex KK connector]]||||[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20130904020409/http://encoreelectronics.com/index.html web]||{{no}}||{{no}}||

|[[Grove Audio]]||||1/4" jack||5U||2.125"||||±15,+5||||USA||[http://www.groveaudio.com/ web]||||||

|[[Mattson]]||||3.5mm jack||5U||3.125"||||±15 or ±12||||USA||[http://www.mattsonminimodular.com/ web]||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||

|[[MegaOhm Audio]]||||||5U||||||||||USA||[http://www.megaohmaudio.com/ web]||||||

|[[Metasonix]]||TM||1/4" jack||5U||4.5"||||12VAC||||||[http://www.metasonix.com/ web]||||||<ref group="">Based on [[Vacuum tube]]s.</ref>

|[[Modcan]]||B Series||1/4" jack||5U||1.75"||||±15,+5||||||[http://www.modcan.com/ web]||||||

|[[Moog]]||900||1/4" jack||5U||2.125"||||+12,-6||||||[http://www.moogmusic.com/ web]||{{no}}||{{no}}||

|[[Moon Modular]]||||||||||||||||||[https://web.archive.org/web/20131009012341/http://lunar-experience.com/home.html web]||||||

|[[Mos-lab]]||||||||||||||||||[http://www.mos-lab.com/ web]||||||

|[[Oakley Sound Systems]]||Oakley Modular System||1/4" jack||5U||1.75"||||±15||4 pin MTA-156 or 0.156" Molex KK||UK||[http://www.oakleysound.com/ web]||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||<ref group="">Pre-built by [[Krisp1 Modular Construction]]. MTA-100 or Molex KK 0.1" are used for board interconnects.</ref>

|[[PPG]]||300||1/4" jack||5U (220mm220&nbsp;mm)||110mm||||±12||||||[https://web.archive.org/web/20131021071251/http://www.ppg.synth.net/system300/ web]||||||

|[[Rob Hordijk Design]]||||1/4" jack||5U (220mm220&nbsp;mm)||||100mm<ref group="">Modules are 60mm60&nbsp;mm deep, except Dual Phaser which has the PCB perpendicular to the panel.</ref>||±15||4 pin MTA-156 or 0.156" Molex KK||Netherlands||[mailto:rhordijk@xs4all.nl email]||{{yes}}||{{no}}||

|[[Salamander Music Systems]]||||||||||||||||||[https://web.archive.org/web/20130917125500/http://www.xfade.com/gear/Salamander/ web]||||||

|[[Synthesis Technology]]||MOTM||1/4" jack||5U||1.75"||||±15||4 pin MTA-156 or 6 pin to add +5V||USA||[http://www.synthtech.com/ web]||||||

|[[Synthesizers.com]]||Q||1/4" jack||5U||2.125"||||±15,+5||6 pin MTA-100, pin 2 removed||||[http://synthesizers.com/ web]||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||

|[[Trouby Modular]]||||||||||||||||USA||[httphttps://homeweb.archive.org/web/20190614002045/https://www.arcor.de/trouby-media/modular?utm_source=home.arcor.de&utm_medium=302 web]||||||

|[[Zerosum Inertia]]||MU||1/4" jack||5U||2.125"||2"||±15,+5||6 pin MTA-100||USA||[http://www.zerosuminertia.com/ web]||{{yes}}||{{no}}||<ref group="">Tube synthesizer modules</ref>

== See also ==

* [[5U]]

==Notes References ==