[sdiy] RE buzzclick gizmotron

[dan g+]

thumbs up on the firesign theatre!

i need to dig that out.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "harrybissell" <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 2:27 PM
Subject: [sdiy] RE buzzclick gizmotron


> Peter wrote:
> 
> Kids,
> 
> If you're handy with a soldering iron and a pair of dykes,
> 
> (yo Peter... thats spelled "Dikes"... for diagonal cutting pliers. I
> prefer
> to remain in blissful ignorance about what you might do with a soldering
> 
> iron and a "pair of dykes".  Too scary for me  ;^)
> 
> allow me to
> introduce what will soon be the latest offering in the 21st century
> analog
> module craze:  The Buzzclick Gizmotron!
> 
> What this handy-dandy little jewel does is convert a standard VC
> attenuating
> pot, or worse yet, a VC input without any attentuation (what were they
> thinking?) to a bipolar proccessing pot.
> 
> (so you used to listen to / still listen to the "Firesign Theatre" do
> you ???   "No
> dear friends... this is NOT like the Austrian self-sharpening razor
> blades... no
> messy sizzing and dripping like with the .... (click)
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I will ship anywhere in the world accept New Jersey.
> 
> (just kidding about NJ).
> 
> Why ???   works for me
> (Peter is from California, but this last comment probably makes him as
> an
> ex- New Yorker sometime in the past 30 years. Right - am i ???  New York
> 
> and New Jersey have the same relationship as Michigan and Ohio... who
> have not
> gotten over the "Battle of Toledo" yet)
> 
> The boards will be in production very soon - please keep your eyes
> peeled to
> the buzzlcick site for ordering and availibilty information. So we all
> remain friends afterward, no advance orders will be accepted until the
> kits
> are in hand.
> 
> "Remain friends afterward ?" what are we...high school virgins ???  ;^P
> 
> For a quicky diagram of what this guy can do for you, go here:
> 
> http://www.buzzclick-music.com/gizmotron.jpg
> 
> happy analog daze,
> 
> Peter
> 
> Actually I can pretty much guess what a buzzclick gizmotron IS... but
> its a really
> cool idea to package it as a tiny board kit.  I (for one) never like to
> build something
> that is commercially available at a reasonable price.  It should be
> obvious that this
> is an ideal product to put on a filter envelope pot and give every synth
> 
> the capability
> of the Korg MonoPoly in that respect...
> 
> Thanks for thinking of us all... even those from (new)
> Joiy-sea....
> 
> H^) harry
> 
> 
> 
>