C. Whitten wrote:
outside of building synths. If you believe that competition is going to
'eat you alive', guess what will happen? You will become a nut case.
word?) a line up from several 'classic' mfrs. My first reaction after
looking at his line up was though, at some point he had a late 70's
Serge & took it apart. The oscillators, env gen, peak & trough, quad
vca, use of bananas, etc... the family resemblence is very strong - you
can't say you don't know who the daddy is!
Rex has actually done a lot with the Serge modules. Revised layouts on
most of them, better parts, LED's on the sequencers, custom variations
on some modules, a lot of improvements. Somehow he has also had the
time to create a few new modules like the blog, pdiv, dual clock, skinny
mixers, etc.
On the other points.... STS is doing just fine with no official web
site, no mp3's and no manuals. Rex is an odd bird when it comes to that
stuff, and my opinion is, let him do what he wants.
IMO mp3's are something everybody seems to want, but aren't that great a
sales tool. Maybe a demo CD would be a good thing, you would get great
fidelity and enough time to really get into some good stuff.
Anyway, enough of my $.02.
JP
>It isn't bad attitude if you want to change priorities & enjoy life
> How many businesses can afford to have such an attitude, especially with the
> amount of competition around today.
>
outside of building synths. If you believe that competition is going to
'eat you alive', guess what will happen? You will become a nut case.
>Bruce Duncan has absolutely done a great job in hybridizing(is that a
> A little harsh again IMO. He's taken ideas from several different systems,
> Digisound and Polyfusion for example. And why not if they sound good.
> On the other hand there has barely been any development to the Serge modules
> in recent years apart from a couple of control modules (Boolean Logic etc).
> I guess the bottom line is we have to be thankful that Rex resurrected the
> Serge name and has kept the thing going all this time.
> Is there anyone however who can't honestly say that it would be slammin' if
> there was an *official* STS website with pictures, mp3's, info on all the
> modules, online ordering, and you might just get your panel (with a
> manual!!) in less than two months.....just like every other small synth
> company has been capable of doing.
word?) a line up from several 'classic' mfrs. My first reaction after
looking at his line up was though, at some point he had a late 70's
Serge & took it apart. The oscillators, env gen, peak & trough, quad
vca, use of bananas, etc... the family resemblence is very strong - you
can't say you don't know who the daddy is!
Rex has actually done a lot with the Serge modules. Revised layouts on
most of them, better parts, LED's on the sequencers, custom variations
on some modules, a lot of improvements. Somehow he has also had the
time to create a few new modules like the blog, pdiv, dual clock, skinny
mixers, etc.
On the other points.... STS is doing just fine with no official web
site, no mp3's and no manuals. Rex is an odd bird when it comes to that
stuff, and my opinion is, let him do what he wants.
IMO mp3's are something everybody seems to want, but aren't that great a
sales tool. Maybe a demo CD would be a good thing, you would get great
fidelity and enough time to really get into some good stuff.
Anyway, enough of my $.02.
JP