SergeModular

> We had just made the switch to the 8 hole panels before I was hired on in July of 1977. The
> holes were cut with both 8 and 6 hole patterns so that a combination of new and old modules could
> be mounted.

That's one of the things that confuses the timeline. Serge would
sometimes sell a board and front panel label kit, and as all possible
holes were already there, you could swap out one module in the panel
for something else. The label would cover the unused holes.

> My first task was to layout the graphics for the newer modules.

Would these be the first of the new curvy graphics or the last
of the mid 70s simplified "box round the outputs" style graphics?
Was it all pen/ink/letraset back then?

> Just because they were listed as new in the 1979 catalogue, doesn't mean
> that they came out that year. :)

Very true. And catalogues don't have obvious dates. In 2000 years,
archaeologists are really going to love Serge (c:

> Extended Preamp,

What was that? It's in the catalogue, but I've never seen a real one.
I know the old Preamps (as in PRE, PREV) and the later preamp/detector,
but the XPRE sort of came and went overnight. Did it just get renamed,
or was it flawed and got replaced quickly?

> don't remember a dual comparator, though we had the triple comparator from the old 6 hole days.

It replaced the triple COM.

> We were using Pomona cables in the early days, though when I came on board, Serge was
> experimenting with DIY cables for the kit builders. These were truly POS. I think another
> cheaper alternative was being supplied with the pre-made panels, though they quickly went out of
> favor as well. By 1978, we had returned to the much-more-expensive-and-well-worth-it Pomonas. I
> purchased my set of Pomonas through Serge in early 1978.

Thanks for clarifying - I thought they went back earlier.

>> ...WAD...

> I was probably jumping ahead of myself there. I do remember a delay unit
> being developed, though I'm not sure when exactly it came out. Remember
> that the catalog listings don't accurately reflect the actual date of production...

Serge was definitely doing something with a delay or BBD reverb - and a
few other things which came to nothing around that time - but I think the
WAD was a different later thing. (Who is/was David Wilson?)

> Gawd, this must sound incredibly boring to all but one or two here... mea culpa!!!

It's much more interresting than prices (c:


Steve