200e

OK, so here's my smelly $0.2 on the whole subject:

I was one of the first few to take the plunge and part with a five-
figure sum for the promise of something DIFFERENT from the multiple, 
available conventional analog/modular systems.
The first thing it did for me is swoon me with its physical beauty. 
It is the most beautiful piece of equipment in my studio. However, I 
soon encountered a few peculiarities in it that did not meet my 
personal expectations. These "limitations" were mainly in the 
oscillators (259e). While they are capable of incredibly wild 
timbres, they are also quite noisy, which narrowed the spectrum of 
musical styles I was hoping to get from them. The 261e brought a 
significant improvement of the noise issue, but its main oscillator 
is rather thin (for MY test) and its pitch jitters, especially when 
being fed a control voltage for pitch.
Another limitation for my own personal needs is the fact that the 
281e's lowest frequency (when used as an lfo) is not low enough for 
the kinds of slow, evolving drones I sometimes aim for.  I also would 
like to have a voltage mixer/attenuator that would allow me fine, 
continuous scaling (instead of the stepped, coarse attenuation we get 
from the 210e or the 256e). 

The 200e would be PERFECT (for ME, at least), if the afore mentioned 
issues were changed. In my quest for improvement of these, I have 
acquired a couple of 259's (without the "e"). I have also 
incorporated an M-class Serge scaling/mixing module, which also 
happens to have a dual comparator, so I also get rich, gorgeous PWM 
as a bonus (which I could also get from the 261e, BTW).

On the positive side, I have to comment on the 291e resonator, which 
is, in MY opinion, the best resonator available (although I haven't 
yet tried out the Cwejman ones).

So in escence, I love the Buchla, and have no regrets about 
the "commitment" to get it.
You should learn more about all of its features and decide if it 
truly is something that will meet your own needs/expectations. 
Especially if you are forking over 4 or 5-figure chunks o'cash.

Do it now, before the Democrats raise our taxes!!!

(OK, just kidding. Don't wanna get into political diatribes on this 
forum).

;-P


Salutations.....


cuari7