200e

I agree with this. I think they sound really good. 258s are great too,
but the 259 has everything you would want right within a switches
distance. 

BTW.  I have several of these. If anyone wants to trade other modules
for one. 

Mark






--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, "cuari7" <cuari7@...> wrote:
>
> Word to the wise:
> 
> Combining the mighty powers of a 200e with those of one of its 
> forefathers, the mythical 259 (no "e"), may lead to an immediate, 
> pathological addiction. Feed its distorted, convoluted output into 
> that most evil of filters, the 291e, while you slowly sway its 
> cutoff with a 281e in LFO mode, and toy with the modulating 
> oscillator frequency with a joystick (or your voltage source of 
> choice).
> The results are a medley of crunching, screaming, eerie whailing and 
> chanting that will have your wife begging you to switch to 
> headphones, or better yet, to get the hell outta the house and go 
> mow the lawn or wash the car....
> 
> I've gotta tell you, this 259 is INCREDIBLE. Not too dissimilar from 
> the 261e, mind you, but it is, for starters, thicker-sounding (I 
> hate the word fat. Loathe the word phat. Despise the word phatt..!). 
> It also lacks the nervous jitter of the 261e (which is way worse in 
> the 259e). I also love the fact that it provides a sawtooth wave, 
> and that each oscillator are completely independent from each other 
> (VC-wise).
> 
> It would be SO NICE if Don decided to do a brief, limited-edition 
> reissue of this wonderful oscillator.
> 
> Any comments, Ezra...?
>