SergeModular

Wow, thanks - I really wasn't very hopeful of a reply on this one.

> Yes, the sax controller actually existed, Serge was working on it with a fellow
> collaborator (I forget his name, long hair freak).

He worked with Frank Eventoff on the Rainmaker & Sonica. Could it have been him?

> There was only one, and it existed in a rough prototype form. Though I was around
> it quite a bit, I never remember hearing any sounds issuing forth. I don't think
> I ever saw it hooked up to any modules. I was made of black molded fiberglass and
> was about the shape of a soprano sax.

So I'm not going to find one )c:

> I don't remember the Sonica

The Sonica was a Rainmaker with a touch switch fretboard in place
of the string. I believe there were around 500 built, but there's
not much information on them available. There is a sort of fan page
at:

http://www.alsrecordsandtapes.com/cs

but nothing much happening there.

Anyone interested in the Sonica or Rainmaker can look at the two
Serge patents, or do a patent search on the name Frankin Eventoff.
The patent numbers starting with a D are design drawings, the others
are a bit more technical...

> or the n0voice controller,

AargH. Captain typo strikes again. That should have been
"n-voice controller". It was in the 1983 catalog, and allowed a
modified Casio keyboard to be used with a Serge. But I've never
seen one, although I've heard that someone had bits of one.

> Then there was the 'Rainmaker' which was a little one stringed instrument, smaller than a
> ukelele and had a rounded pear shaped back like a mandolin. The wire string was pressed against
> contacts and gave a monophonic scale based on where your finger was touching the string against
> the fret. This was battery powered, had a VCO and a VCA inside, and even a tone control. It was
> poised to take the world by storm and then just fell through the cracks.

> Stories? I'm full of them.

I'd love to hear more. Do you know what the story was with the
Synergy ring mod pedal? The adverts had the same address as Serge
so I assume he was involved?

I'd also be interested in anything about the Computer interface (isn't
that one on the edges of the black Cal Arts Serge?) or video synth
modules.


Steve

(thirsting for knowledge)