I can't see why anyone would even bother to copy the design for a logic
module. Put schmitt triggers on the inputs for slowly rising signals, then
some CMOS gates, add some LED drivers, you're done. It's not rocket
science.
The Modcan Boolean Logic and VC ADSR panel layouts are one-to-one copies of
the Serge panels, but are we saying that a panel layout should be considered
intellectual property? I think it just shows a lack of imagination on the
part of Modcan.
I created a voltage controlled counter circuit back in the 1980s, obviously
inspired by seeing the Serge design for the Divide-by-N Counter in the Serge
catalog. It had similar inputs, outputs and controls due to the nature of
the circuit. I'd hate for it to be considered an act of plagiarism. Now
that I've learned more about Serge designs, my implementation was probably
entirely different. I had a discrete 4 bit A/D followed by a digital
counter and gate logic while Serge probably had a modification of the
Universal Slope Generator hooked up as a divider.
John Loffink
microtonal@...
module. Put schmitt triggers on the inputs for slowly rising signals, then
some CMOS gates, add some LED drivers, you're done. It's not rocket
science.
The Modcan Boolean Logic and VC ADSR panel layouts are one-to-one copies of
the Serge panels, but are we saying that a panel layout should be considered
intellectual property? I think it just shows a lack of imagination on the
part of Modcan.
I created a voltage controlled counter circuit back in the 1980s, obviously
inspired by seeing the Serge design for the Divide-by-N Counter in the Serge
catalog. It had similar inputs, outputs and controls due to the nature of
the circuit. I'd hate for it to be considered an act of plagiarism. Now
that I've learned more about Serge designs, my implementation was probably
entirely different. I had a discrete 4 bit A/D followed by a digital
counter and gate logic while Serge probably had a modification of the
Universal Slope Generator hooked up as a divider.
John Loffink
microtonal@...
> Theory: it might (might) still be that the insides are Duncan's own work.
> Alas, how many circuits may have been copied unnoticedly because they were
> well hidden :^u
>