Much of the characteristic sound of the Buchla is due to the Low Pass Gates.
Adding some LPGs to your system will go a long ways towards recreating the
Buchla sound. Since Serge does not have vactrol based filters/VCAs,
currently available options include the following:
Banana jack
Cyndustries Quad Low Pass Gate - Modcan A format
1/8 inch jack
Buchla 292e Quad Dynamics Manager - expensive
Doepfer A-101-9 Dual Universal Vactrol - lacks switch for Gate or
Gate+Filter selection
Doepfer A-101-2 LPG - single vactrol gate
Plan B Dual Timbral Gates (order from Analog Haven)
Wiard 1213B Borg Filter - lacks switch for Gate or Gate+Filter selection
Wiard 1212B Boogie Filter - 4 pole configuration, lacks switch
A secondary contributor to the Buchla sound may be triangle core VCOs.
There are three 1/8 inch format and one banana format version available:
Cyndustries Zero Oscillator (Modcan A, Frac or Euro format)
Plan B Model 15 Complex VCO (order from Analog Haven)
Control Voltage and modulation capabilities between Buchla and Serge are
"comparable," though not identical. I believe your Serge system will be more
than capable of achieving that Subotnick sound from the control standpoint.
John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
Adding some LPGs to your system will go a long ways towards recreating the
Buchla sound. Since Serge does not have vactrol based filters/VCAs,
currently available options include the following:
Banana jack
Cyndustries Quad Low Pass Gate - Modcan A format
1/8 inch jack
Buchla 292e Quad Dynamics Manager - expensive
Doepfer A-101-9 Dual Universal Vactrol - lacks switch for Gate or
Gate+Filter selection
Doepfer A-101-2 LPG - single vactrol gate
Plan B Dual Timbral Gates (order from Analog Haven)
Wiard 1213B Borg Filter - lacks switch for Gate or Gate+Filter selection
Wiard 1212B Boogie Filter - 4 pole configuration, lacks switch
A secondary contributor to the Buchla sound may be triangle core VCOs.
There are three 1/8 inch format and one banana format version available:
Cyndustries Zero Oscillator (Modcan A, Frac or Euro format)
Plan B Model 15 Complex VCO (order from Analog Haven)
Control Voltage and modulation capabilities between Buchla and Serge are
"comparable," though not identical. I believe your Serge system will be more
than capable of achieving that Subotnick sound from the control standpoint.
John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SergeModular@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of cray5656
>
> hi all
>
> I have never seen a Buchla in the flesh and am liking the Buchla name
> on the Cynthia Low Pass Gate...but as I am still a noobie to Serge, is
> it a waste of time pursuing the Cynthia LPG if the Serge can give the
> same result, and if so how?
>
> I really love the stuff Morton SUbotnick did on Wild Bull etc and this
> is why the Cynthia LPG is appealing to me.....
>
> From using the Serge todate (3 months), I love the mouth like sound
> quality of the Variable Q VCF, I also love the Wilson Analog Delay,
> though I find it quite hissy...I am in he process of getting a cabinet
> made up so it will look like a big VCS3 style cabinet with 4 Serges
>
> My dream would be to add a Dual ADSR, Spring Reverb, SYnthacon
> Filter,Twin Wasp Filer, and he Buchla LPG
>
>