Doepfer

Sonology in The Hague still has the analogue studio.
Most of it is their own design. And at the moment they are updating it.
I still miss it...



On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:55 PM, peter sedin <midihooker@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> i was taking a course in sounddesign when i was younger at E.M.S in
> stockholm sweden.
> they have a HUGE old buchla system! and anyone can take a course there, and
> when the course is over you can book this system along with a pro studio for
> no cost at all..i have moved so cant use it anymore..god i miss it!
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> --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Richard Scott <richard_scott@rwnc.co.uk> wrote:
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> From: Richard Scott <richard_scott@rwnc.co.uk>
> Subject: [Doepfer_a100] university modulars
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> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 11:22 PM
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> sorry to send this a little OT, so I thought I should change the header.
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> I am interested in which universities - in the US or europe - still do
> maintain large/interesting modular systems. I guess most think its old hat
> and use max/pd/supercollide r for everthing?
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> Richard
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: james.husted@ mac.com
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> To: Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com
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> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:01 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: tks
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> I had a friend who worked in the media lab at the U of W here in
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> seattle. He told me of the system that was set up at the time for
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> selling gear the departments owned. First the department would offer
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> it to other departments at the same location, then other similar
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> departments. at the same level of campus (Univ. to Univ. etc) then if
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> it didn't sell it would work it's way down the chain to local colleges
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> then high schools till it was finally auctioned off to the public.
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> This was a VERY long process and a very big hassle. Many departments
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> found it easier to just store the stuff. He convinced his bosses that
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> a fairly large Emu modular that the music department was selling could
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> be used to clean up tapes in the Media lab. He got it for $300 I
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> believe. I sold the same unit to the U when I worked at a Synth store
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> in town for a little over $14,000 if I remember. It sat in his office
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> and I don't know what happened after he left. You have to be at the
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> right place at the right time. In fact they bought the Emu because the
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> very large Buchla they had was damaged (steam radiator sprung a leak
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> and filled the lab with steam for a day or two) and they donated the
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> remains to a local media/music lab that ended up restoring most of it.
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> -James
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> On Apr 19, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Tony Rolando wrote:
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>> Many US universities have this situation as well. THey do not have the
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>> money or desire to refurb and they are not able to sell. So these
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>> wonderful machine rot in the closets :(
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>> Tony
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>> Richard Scott wrote:
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>> > thanks, that is a thing of beauty and great they kept it going,
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>> there
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>> > are moog modulars and EMS synths in british universities sitting in
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>> > cupboards which haven't been serviced in 25 years, very sad... even
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>> > sadder they won@t sell them to me for 100 poounds
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>> > In fact I think I would like to visit that buchla one day
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>> > Richard
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>> >
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>> > ----- Original Message -----
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>> > From: hamzzzald
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>> > To: Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com <mailto:Doepfer_ a100%40yahoogrou
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>> > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 6:40 PM
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>> > Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Re: tks
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>> >
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>> > Richard - Here are a couple of photos of the whole Buchla system.
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>> > http://www.flickr. com/photos/ chuckj/345633309 0/
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>> > <http://www.flickr. com/photos/ chuckj/345633309 0/>
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>> > It is a pre-100 series system Don made for the San Francisco Tape
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>> > Music Center in the mid-60's. There are no filters - just VCO's,
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>> > VCA's, ring mods, external inputs, and the case on the left is all
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>> > sequencers. http://www.flickr. com/photos/ chuckj/345633309 0/
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>> > <http://www.flickr. com/photos/ chuckj/345633309 0/>
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>> >
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>> > --- In Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com
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>> > <mailto:Doepfer_ a100%40yahoogrou ps.com>, "Richard Scott"
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>> > <richard_scott@ ...> wrote:
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>> > > any pictures of the buchla system at Mills??
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>> > >
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>> > > just curious
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>> > >
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>> > > Richard
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>> > >
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>> > > ----- Original Message -----
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>> > > From: hamzzzald
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>> > > To: Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com
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>> > <mailto:Doepfer_ a100%40yahoogrou ps.com>
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>> > > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:14 AM
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>> > > Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Re: tks
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>> > >
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>> > >
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>> > >
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>> > > This may be of interest to the group. I made a DIY touch
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>> controller
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>> > last year, inspired by the Buchla controllers we have at Mills
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>> > College. Mine uses FSR senors rather than touch capacitance. Each
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>> > sensor has cv out with adjustable range and a trigger out. There is
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>> > also a master trigger out and a Softpot "ribbon" sensor from
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>> > Spectrasymbol. A very simple circuit - just voltage dividers and a
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>> > comparator for triggers. It has been incredibly useful and has
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>> really
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>> > opened up the performance versatility of a small modular system.
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>> > >
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>> > > http://www.flickr. com/photos/ chuckj/326906782 1/
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>> > <http://www.flickr. com/photos/ chuckj/326906782 1/>
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>> > > http://www.cirrusox ide.com/journal/ ?p=75
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>> > <http://www.cirrusox ide.com/journal/ ?p=75>
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>> > >
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>> > > Best,
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>> > > Chuck
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>> > >
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>> > > --- In Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com
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>> > <mailto:Doepfer_ a100%40yahoogrou ps.com>, "partlydrone"
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>> <partlydrone@ >
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>> > wrote:
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>> > > > hi dieter
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>> > > >
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>> > > > yes, addressed with buttons (or triggers, or voltages) wld be
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>> fine.
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>> > > > i guess it would be pretty easy to develop too, although maybe
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>> > costly as it requires eg for a version playing four "notes /
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>> colours"
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>> > of 3 voltages each it would need 4 buttons, 12 pots, 16 jacks etc.
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>> > > > please, please make one? i think it would be a surprise hit once
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>> > people realised what could be done with it, to suddenly skip between
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>> > tone colours, it's exactly what sets modulars apart from dreary
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>> samey
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>> > synths.
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>> > > > i honestly think it would be a big seller
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>> > > >
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>> > > > --- In Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com
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>> > <mailto:Doepfer_ a100%40yahoogrou ps.com>, <yahoo@> wrote:
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>> > > > >
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>> > > > > This function is not necessarily associated with a touch
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>> > keyboard. It's kind
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>> > > > > of an dressed sequencer with 3 potentiometer rows. The
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>> > addressing can be
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>> > > > > voltage controlled, Midi note controlled or button controlled.
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>> > Of course you
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>> > > > > may use a TKB to adress the step of the sequencer but that's
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>> > only one of
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>> > > > > many possibilities.
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>> > > > > Best wishes
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>> > > > > Dieter Doepfer
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>> > > > > > i agree
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>> > > > > > i really really want a controller that lets me press a
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>> button to
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>> > > > > > change three CV's suddenly like that bugbrand controller,
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>> or the
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>> > > > > > serge, or any random access sequencer. with my modular,
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>> sending
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>> > > > > > quantised note CVs is the absolute last thing on my mind.
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>> i want
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>> > > > > > to control microtones on ring modulating oscillators, the
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>> amount
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>> > > > > > of reverb mix, and the bit crush depth, changing all three
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>> > > > > > instantly, with a momentary finger press, and then play huge
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>> > > > > > variations in those parameters like an instrument.
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>> > > > > >
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>> > > > > > i've been meaning to build my own controller for this for
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>> about a
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>> > > > > > year and i think its a real shame that nobody else does.
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>> well,
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>> > > > > > for less than the cost of a serge.
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