> The only safe way for a manufacturer to make something newSo Grant is taking a big chance on the two new announced modules for the
> is to stick his new "hoofly dong wobulator" feature on the output
> of a Moog VCF etc, and even then "purists" will grumble that it's
> "not like the old ones".
Wiard system then...
I quoteth:
The "WoggleBug" random voltage generator (based on the Buchla Model 265
"Source of Uncertainty" module) will be available in Summer 2001. A source
of fluctuating smooth, stepped and "woggled" random voltages and tones, it
makes noises like a bug, if a bug were the size of a refrigerator. Sample at
http://www.wiard.com/samples/WogglebugDemo.mp3
The "Weirding" module is a complete mono-synth in 300 module format. A front
panel control allows "circuit bending" the voice into a chaotic system under
voltage control. Sounds range from "phat" to "burning, melting and dripping
phat". Available Fall 2001
I unquoteth:
If you had enough modules, you could probably patch up what these do. Right?
So, I'll ask again myself...short of "well, I'd like a switch on this module
to turn this off" or "give me another input here"...somebody name a new
module or function that's CAN'T CURRENTLY BE DONE at all on the Serge,
regardless of how much stuff you patch up. There's only so many ways to
vary a voltage, right?
In addition, you would also have to take into consideration the R&D time to
come up with stuff. If you're a very small company like Serge, doing R&D
means that Rex is probably NOT filling somebody's panel order. (heh...)
Les Mizzell
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