SergeModular

For many years I participated in this forum as "paradigmshiftbeats" until recently, when a well-meaning but overconfident AT&T U-verse tech obliterated that ID and a decade's worth of e-mail archives, requiring me to resubscribe under my current handle.

I have enjoyed my season with this instrument, but it is now time for me to release it to a new home. It has been difficult to come to peace with this decision knowing the days of custom panels are gone, as one of my favorite things about this system is its efficiency. I spent years working with various panels before I settled on this combination, which IMHO packs a lot of timbral power into 48" and 12U of rack space. I can only hope someone else will find these panels as compelling as I have.

My asking price is $13,000 USD for the system. Looking over Rex's current product lineup, I do not believe one could duplicate the range of this system using less than 8 M-Class units or 16U worth of M-Class + Shop Panels.

I am located in Texas , USA , and will ship worldwide at actual cost according to the buyer's preferred courier. Of course, avoiding customs paperwork leads me to prefer a North American buyer.

All panels are Sound Transform Systems in perfect working order. Here are the panel configurations (left to right):

Panel #1: Custom panel, STS Hartland , WI . Built to my spec during the last run of custom panels in 2008. Has a shallow boat.

SEQ8
PDIV
DCSG*
SPRC
ADSR
QUO
DCSM

* This is a custom DSG labeled as a "Universal Slope / Clock Generator." The top section is a standard Slope Generator with Blue LED. The bottom section is (to my knowledge) the only prototype TimeGen Osc ever delivered to a customer, with a single frequency control and cycle switch in place of the standard rise/fall pots. Unlike the production TGO, my version has a 1v/oct in. It's not as accurate as an NTO/PCO over wide note ranges but works pretty well within an octave or so. The overall pitch range is very close to the production TGO on the Creature, low enough to effectively clock the sequencer at very slow tempos but high enough to use in the upper audio range. The waveforms are also like those from the Creature, which are more like true square and sawtooth and sound richer than the standard DSG in audio mode. Info on the TimeGen Osc on the Creature page here: http://www.carbon111.com/creature.html

Panel #2: Animal - Built by STS just before the move from Oakland , CA . I am the second owner, since mid-2003. The only mod is that the S/H Source switch was converted to a jack output by Rex so I could use it to drive my second SSG (but it works for other things as well...) When Rex was ready to "burn in" my custom panel before shipping, I sent this Animal and the custom panel below to him for general tune-ups, and he calibrated all of the oscillators and filters across the entire system to ensure consistent tracking. Great info on the Animal panel here: http://www.carbon111.com/animal.html

NTO
PCO
VCM
RING
SSG
DTG
VCFQX
UAP

Panel #3: Custom Oakland panel. Original owner John DuVal. I am the third owner, since September 2003. Also tuned up by Rex in 2008.

BUFF
ACPR
PCO
PCO (there is a minor mod by Rex: a switch to sync these two oscillators)
RING
NCOM
VCFS
VCF2
2PHA
SSG

Serge PS12 power supply (yes, PS12) and loads of Pomona patch cords will accompany this sale. I will post a picture to the photo page for the curious among you. Additional photos available on request for those with serious interest. Please e-mail off-list to discuss.

I have bought and sold gear several times over the years through this forum as well as on the Analogue Heaven mailing list, always to the satisfaction of both parties.

Thank you for considering!

Chris Sawyer