SergeModular

Hi Thomas,
Yes, I was just rereading some of those posts and was surprised by the lack of interest,
especially from this list.
As you probably know, Don Buchla has implemented this concept in the new 210e, which
combined with 225e does let you save knob parameter settings on the 200e. Again, there
are slight limitations (you still need to patch in and out the matrix) but the pros far
outweigh the cons. What can I say.. I love patching via matrix! The interface lends itself to
discovering new possibilities faster and it is easier to read what is going on in a complex
patch.
Anyhow, you can contact sonicSynthi through his website:
http://www.sonic-boom.info/

regards,
--TOM

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "riluttante" <riluttante@...> wrote:
>
> To expand on this a little...
> In the posts from a few years ago it seems as if there's some misunderstanding as to
what
> this thing does (how it's different from a manual pin-matrix on an EMS Synthi, for
> example).
> This describes a 16x16 matrix that allows the user to route any input to any output,
> making a patch, then saving this patch in memory, so that it can later be recalled with a
> button or MIDI control, for example.
> So it offers patch storage on an analogue modular synth with two limitations: first of all
> the number of ins and outs is limited, in this case 16x16, and secondly this (obviously)
> only saves the patch routing, not the knob settings.
> The relatively small size of this matrix would probably make it more useful on smaller
> systems than large ones. An "Animal" panel alone has close to 80 ins and outs, and only
> 32 of these could be patched into a 16x16 matrix. That sounds like a great setup to me,
> though. One drawback of permanently patching one's favorite ins and outs on a panel
into
> an outboard matrix is that it would clutter the control panel with 32 cables, many of
them
> not even actively patched on the matrix.
>
> I've been playing with the idea of (carefully) opening up a Serge panel and "hardwiring"
> some of the ins and outs to my Synapse matrix. This way the control panel stays free of
> cables, and can be used normally, but there would also be a multicore cable running out
of
> the panel into the matrix.
> I don't want to actually start soldering inside the panel though. I should probably look
for
> miniature crocodile clamps or something like that to fix additional cables to the solder
> points behind the panels without leaving any permanent marks.
>
> Is anyone familiar with previous attempts at running multicore cables out of Serge's that
> combined several of its ins and outs for interfacing with other gear?
>
> Regards,
> Thomas