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 > > > > > > > ===== > Bakis Siros > Parallel Worlds / Polariton > Athens-Greece > [Doepfer_a100] group owner > http://www.shimarecords.co.uk > http://www.ward12.com > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. > http://messenger.yahoo.com
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Re: 259 vco toot toot
2004-09-27 by (i think you can figure that out)
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