SergeModular

>cloning seems to be so mad anyway , that if someone wants to spend
>200 hours & $1000 on parts etc. to copy something , good luck to
>them....

i agree...

especially the recent attempts to recreate the Minimoog... all that
well-meant
time & effort could be far more better spent designing something original...

the only exceptions I can think of are when companies have a distinct link
to the original product -
eg. Moog CE, Universal Audio's 1176 / LA2 remakes, Neve classic range, etc.
That is justified. But new, unrelated
companies trying to copy other gear?? Hmmm... the only way it could possibly
be justified would be if the
original product were impossibly rare and discontinued and unless deceased,
the original designer
involved in some way... I say that because in the unlikely event of a new
company giving Don Buchla an unlimited
budget to exactly recreate his 200 series systems I would not be complaining
;-)


but selling clones of other peeples stuff seems about as

>defensible as virus spreading........Modcan effectively will strangle
>Serge's ability to continue by selling obvious steals from their
>designs ?

I hope not and doubt it... but Modcan's moderately fast turnaround time and
build-quality are tempting
in situations where Serge supplies slow-down - as is the case for the past
year or so.

> I would have much more respect if Modcan got a few more of their
>own ideas . Serge , while influenced by Buchla can hardly be accused
>of stealing designs . (i.m.o.)

v. true


K.

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>> Any more news about Serge availability? I called Rex last week at
>his new
>> no. - no return call as yet :-(
>>
>> Also - somewhat off-topic... I'm also in the market for a CMS
>modular. I've
>> called Phil Cirrocco a couple of times
>> but he never calls back... anybody know him really well?
>>
>> Kirk
>>
>> PS. Thx for the patch & mp3 Chris... more pls SMOGer's! Also -
>anybody care
>> to explain technically what Chris' patch is doing??
>>
>> PPS. I'm pouring over the Buchla 200 brochure that somebody posted
>the link
>> for. Its kind of hard to read and you can't read the legending on
>the
>> modules... if anybody has a readable hard copy they could copy for
>me pls
>> email me privately - THX!
>>
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>> >> is modcan using the harry davies knobs too?
>> >You know I never noticed that 'til now.
>> >I haven't got the Envelope module BTW.
>> >Some of the modules I have are potentially copied. Obviously the
>Polyfusion
>> >Filter and the Wavetable Oscillator seems very similar to the
>Digisound
>> Digi
>> >Osc. I haven't got a problem with this as neither module are
>otherwise
>> >currently available and were never built for banana sockets.
>> >CW
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