Doepfer

Guys -

I very rarely toot my own horn, but it you guys want a 259, get a 
Plan B VCO and Dieter's Wave Multiplier, the A-137. If you want 
the LFO, add a A-147 to that stack.  You will get all of the sound 
and 95% of the functionality.  

The original 259 is nothing more than a 258 with a bunch of 
wave shaping and an LFO added.  One of its pirmary features 
which I don't think is of value to most nowdays is the 259 was 
also computer controllable via the Buchla 300.

Outside of the wave morphing, which IS different, the Plan B 
circuitry emulates the 258 sonically in the areas that count - the 
triangle core, the expo FM, the freq response of the two main vc 
inputs and the sound of the sine wave are pretty much identical.

Dieter's wave multiplier does wave folding in much the same 
manner as the 259s waveshapers did, although Don used 
terms like odd and even harmonics instead of square and saw.

Just a thought.

- P