SergeModular

Plan B Model 15!
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Don Hassler
USA
--- lars_arnwald <lars.arnwald@...> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Back in the early 80's I had a Serge panel
> consisting of NTO, PCO,
> VCFX, DSG, plus some VCA, can't remember the model
> today. This was
> played by a Lyricon Wind Driver, I did very little
> tweaking and it
> usually produced some fluegelhorn/subdued alto sax
> sound. I used it
> entirely for live situations together with tenor
> sax, and clarinet in
> a Bay Area band named "Young, White and Gifted".
> Though the sound was
> good I was not at ease with the Lyricon, it produced
> lots of glitches
> with the finger movements. The Lyricon was lost in a
> burglary, and
> after a few years I sold the Serge panel, something
> I came to regret
> dearly later. After a couple of years Serge put
> together another,
> rather limited system with PRNV, UAP, EQ, VCFX, that
> I intended to
> process external sounds with.
>
> Having listened to recordings of my original setup
> with the YW&G I
> realize it had a very nice and warm sound although
> unusual. Despite
> the Lyricon problems it had "acoustic" qualities,
> and just listening
> to it makes it hard to distingush it from an
> acoustic instrument. Now
> in possesion of much better wind drivers I want to
> recreate some of
> that old feeling with my existing tiny system. I
> need oscillators
> (1xNTO, 1xPCO, and something like the DSG), but the
> times when you
> could get individual modules seem to be gone. Again,
> since I want to
> use this stuff on stage I neither can nor want to
> spend 3-4K$ on a
> new one.
>
> Is there somebody who can give me recommendations
> about other VCO's,
> MOTM, Doepfer, perhaps. I also have digital ones
> within my Clavia
> Nord Micro Modular, and the Yamaha PLG150-AN card.
> If somebody have
> experiences from these I would be interested to hear
> comparisons with
> analog ones.
>
> Regards,
> Lars Arnwald, Stockholm, Sweden
> lars.arnwald@...
>
>
>
>

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