Comparison of modular formats
A comparison of modular synth formats (or form factors) except 3U, 4U and 5U, from all known modular synthesizer manufacturers. The form factor is a specification of dimensions, layouts, and other details that helps ensure compatibility between hardware of the same form factor.
| Brand name | Model | Patching | Height | Smallest width | Largest depth | Power (DC) | Power connections | Country | Web | In production | DIY | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Data | UK | web | ||||||||||
| Analogic-ACS | web | |||||||||||
| Aries Music Inc. | System 300 | 3.5mm jack | 9" | 3" | ±15,+5 | web | ||||||
| ARP | 2500 | Tini-Jax | 8" | 3" | ±15,+12 | No | No | 1970s | ||||
| Circuit Abbey | UK | web | ||||||||||
| CMS | Modular | 3.5mm jack | 10.3" | 3" | ±15 | web | ||||||
| Curetronic | web | |||||||||||
| Cwejman | Sweden | web | ||||||||||
| Cyndustries | Cynthia, A Series | banana | 9" | 2.25" | ±15,+5 | web | ||||||
| Dave Jones Design | USA | web | ||||||||||
| Delptronics | web | |||||||||||
| Dewanatron Electronics | web | |||||||||||
| Digisound | 80 | 3.5mm jack | 9" | 3" | ±15,+5 | UK | web | No | Yes | 1980s kit-built | ||
| DinSync | Sweden | web | ||||||||||
| Elby | Panther Series | web | ||||||||||
| E-mu Systems | 2000 | 1/4" jack | 6" | 3" | ±15,+5 | at VSE | No | No | ||||
| Endangered Audio | USA | web | ||||||||||
| Eowave | France | web | ||||||||||
| Fénix | Fénix | Netherlands | web | |||||||||
| FLAME | Germany | web | ||||||||||
| Future Sound Systems | UK | web | ||||||||||
| Hinton Instruments | 2000 series | bantam/TT Tini-Jax banana | 6U | 160mm | ±15 or ±12 | UK | web | |||||
| kb electronic music instrumentation | Wavemakers | 1/4" jack | 10" | 2" | ±12 | web | No | No | 1970 to the early 1980s | |||
| Low-Gain Electronics | USA | web | ||||||||||
| LZX Industries | USA | web | ||||||||||
| Macbeth Studio Systems | web | |||||||||||
| Mattson Mini Modular | 3.5mm jack | 3.5" | 3.5" | ±15 or ±12 | USA | web | ||||||
| MFB | web | |||||||||||
| Modcan | A Series | banana | 9" | 2.25" | ±15,+5 | web | ||||||
| PAiA | 2700 | 3.5mm audio, pin jack CV | ±9,+18 | web | ||||||||
| PAiA | 4700 | 3.5mm audio, pin jack CV | ±9,+18 | web | ||||||||
| PAiA | P9700S | 3U | ±15 | web | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Modular | USA | web | ||||||||||
| Roland | 700 | 1/4" jack | 11" | 2.56" | ±15,+14.4 | at VSE | No | No | ||||
| Roland | 100/100m | 3.5mm jack | 230mm | 104mm | ±15,+22 | at VSE | No | No | ||||
| Signal Arts | Canada | web | ||||||||||
| Somatic Circuits | web | |||||||||||
| Sound Transform Systems | ||||||||||||
| Synthetic Music Systems | UK | web | ||||||||||
| Synthetic Sound Labs | web | |||||||||||
| Synthtech | USA | web | ||||||||||
| Synthwerks | USA | web | ||||||||||
| Technosaurus | Selector | 1/4" jack | 9U | 1.6" | ±18 | Switzerland | web | |||||
| The Voice of Saturn | web | |||||||||||
| TouellSkouarn | BZH | France | web | |||||||||
| Transform Systems Sound | ||||||||||||
| Trogotronic | USA | web | ||||||||||
| VBRAZIL | Brazil | web | ||||||||||
| Vermona | Germany | web | ||||||||||
| Wiard Synthesizer Company | 300 Series | bantam/TT 3.5mm jack | 6U | 2.83" | ±15 | web | ||||||
| WMD | USA | web |
Notes
See also
References
- Synthesizers.com Modular Form Factors
- Modular synthesizer on Wikipedia
- Post Modular