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Re: 259 vco toot toot

2004-09-27 by (i think you can figure that out)

I may be able to help (considering I'm Greek, it's the least I can 
do).  I've been speaking to a person in Europe who has 
expressed interest in selling these products direct.

Yassou, pedimou!

- P




> > 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 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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