200e

I agree partially.

However, getting a nice, clean sawtooth wave from my Serge and 
feeding it into a 292e gives me a sound I just can't get from the 
Serge alone (or the Buchla alone, for that matter). Also, playing my 
Buchla with my Serge TKB is an awesome experience (I don't think 
I'll get the new Thunder thingie. My TKB does everything I need!)


cuari7

--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Chang" <gchang@...> wrote:
>
> Just another opinion from the peanut gallery, from someone who 
doesn't
> have a 200e, but has some experience with older Buchla systems...
> 
> Don't even try to interface/interconnect your Buchla system to 
other
> systems - you will waste many years of your life...!  
> 
> The simplest way to get external pitches to the 200e is going to be
> midi.  A device, such as an Analog Systems AS300 cv to midi 
converter
> will do the trick.  It will convert your CVs and gate/trigger
> information perfectly to the 200e's liking.  And vise versa for 
going
> the other way, back to the Frac synth.
> 
> Years ago (1876!), at Calarts, I would bring my 9 panel Serge into 
the
> electronic music studios at Calarts, in which a really large Buchla
> system was the central system.  To make a long story short, I found
> myself spending all my time messing around with the processors,
> contantly tweaking the rescaling of signal between the two.
> 
> It's like having two really beautiful rooms, but you are spending 
all
> of your time in the hallway, never really enjoying one or the 
other...
> 
> Of course, that's just my opinion - I could be wrong!
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> --- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, "david rothbaum" <david@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info. more to think about...
> > 
> > --david
> > 
> > --- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, Chris Muir <cbm@> wrote:
> > >
> > > At 9:31 PM +0000 5/14/06, david rothbaum wrote:
> > > >do the buchla modules incorporate well into a frac system? 
are there
> > > >any weird issues with grounding if you were to make some 
banana to
> > > >1/8' cables? differences with the control voltages etc. the 
basic
> > > >question is how well does the buchla work with the other 
modern
> > modulars.
> > > 
> > > Keep in mind that my knowledge is theoretical. I have a Buchla
> > system on order, but don't yet have it in hand.
> > > 
> > > You would definitely need a good source of ground. A banana 
jack on
> > the back would probably do. I don't know how Buchla handles this.
> > > 
> > > Electrically, Buchla's "standards" pre-date the currently 
accepted
> > "standards" of 1V/oct, etc.
> > > 
> > > Buchla uses 1.2 V/oct (.1v / semitone), so some gain or 
attenuation
> > will need to take place for pitch CVs (gain to drive Buchla from
> > 1V./oct, attenuation going the other way)
> > > 
> > > I'm still a little confused about the Buchla pulse world. From 
some
> > things that I've read, in common terms, it seems like a trigger 
signal
> > is imposed onto a gate signal for the pulse jacks.
> > > 
> > > If I was you, and I had any FracRack space left, I would 
probably
> > make a custom patch panel, that had a bunch of banana jacks 
wired to
> > 1/8" jacks, and would put whatever signal conditioning I needed 
there.
> > I suppose this could also go in a Buchla boat, but that space is 
more
> > pricey than FracRack space.
> > > 
> > > -C
> > > -- 
> > > Chris Muir           | "There are many futures and only one 
status
> quo.
> > > cbm@         |  This is why conservatives mostly agree,
> > > http://www.xfade.com |  and radicals always argue." - Brian Eno
> > >
> >
>