SergeModular

> Hello,
> Back in older days when one could save some money by
> ordering Serge
> modules or panels as kits, one would then get a Kit
> Description
> listing the actual components and how to connect
> different points on
> the circuit board with connectors, pots, switches,
> etc. With little
> knowledge of electronics, I went through this
> several times and it
> never failed.
> It now so happens that FATE has provided me with
> circuit boards of a
> VCF2, Variable Bandwidth Filter, and a DSG, Dual
> Slope Generator.
> These are left-overs from the Haight St. factory,
> there's a small tag
> saying 83 which must have been the year operations
> closed down. Thus
> they've been laying around unused ever since, but I
> see no reason why
> they shouldn't work right away. Needless to say,
> this gift from one
> the old Serge genial co-workers has filled me with
> great joy.
> Essentially having concentrated solely on the
> clarinet for several
> years, I've decided to revive my old combination of
> EWI and various
> analog modules. The latter category includes a small
> Serge system for
> processing external sounds (PRNV, REQ, VCFX, UAP),
> and an Oberheim
> SEM. Being a musician with the focus entirely on
> live performance, I'm
> light years from the world of multi-panel systems.
> Computers on stage?
> Forget it, a few pedals is just fine. Still I will
> expand my tiny
> setup with two oscillators, a formant filter. Except
> for some possible
> effects, I'll leave the digital stuff out.
> My question: Anyone has Kit Descriptions for VCF2,
> DSG? Also are there
> any loose faceplates for these laying around, or
> anybody knows hot to
> easily get or make them? If so get back to me
> privately. Please keep
> in mind that I'm not asking this to discredit or
> disavow Rex in any
> way. It just seems such a tiny project, that it's
> easier not to
> involve him at this point. I'm sure he's got his
> hands full already.
> BTW, speaking about the history of multipanel
> systems being used live.
> Does anybody share my experience of having
> witnessed Patrick
> Gleeson's Bay Area performances in 1980. Using a
> humonguous Emu
> Modular, must have cost him millions, he had to
> program it with a
> cassette tape deck! Of course, some bit skipped and
> the whole thing
> went deadly mute. Luckily, his excellent cohort
> Lenny Pickett, of
> earlier Tower Power and later Saturday Night Live
> fame, saved the day
> with his Lyricon, much smaller Emu, and little
> snippets of TV signatures.
> 'Nuff of bandwidth now.
> Regards, Lars
> lars.arnwald@...
>
>

>
> Hello,
> Back in older days when one could save some money by ordering Serge
> modules or panels as kits, one would then get a Kit Description
> listing the actual components and how to connect different points on
> the circuit board with connectors, pots, switches, etc. With little
> knowledge of electronics, I went through this several times and it
> never failed.
> It now so happens that FATE has provided me with circuit boards of a
> VCF2, Variable Bandwidth Filter, and a DSG, Dual Slope Generator.
> These are left-overs from the Haight St. factory, there's a small tag
> saying 83 which must have been the year operations closed down. Thus
> they've been laying around unused ever since, but I see no reason why
> they shouldn't work right away. Needless to say, this gift from one
> the old Serge genial co-workers has filled me with great joy.
> Essentially having concentrated solely on the clarinet for several
> years, I've decided to revive my old combination of EWI and various
> analog modules. The latter category includes a small Serge system for
> processing external sounds (PRNV, REQ, VCFX, UAP), and an Oberheim
> SEM. Being a musician with the focus entirely on live performance, I'm
> light years from the world of multi-panel systems. Computers on stage?
> Forget it, a few pedals is just fine. Still I will expand my tiny
> setup with two oscillators, a formant filter. Except for some possible
> effects, I'll leave the digital stuff out.
> My question: Anyone has Kit Descriptions for VCF2, DSG? Also are there
> any loose faceplates for these laying around, or anybody knows hot to
> easily get or make them? If so get back to me privately. Please keep
> in mind that I'm not asking this to discredit or disavow Rex in any
> way. It just seems such a tiny project, that it's easier not to
> involve him at this point. I'm sure he's got his hands full already.
> BTW, speaking about the history of multipanel systems being used live.
> Does anybody share my experience of having witnessed Patrick
> Gleeson's Bay Area performances in 1980. Using a humonguous Emu
> Modular, must have cost him millions, he had to program it with a
> cassette tape deck! Of course, some bit skipped and the whole thing
> went deadly mute. Luckily, his excellent cohort Lenny Pickett, of
> earlier Tower Power and later Saturday Night Live fame, saved the day
> with his Lyricon, much smaller Emu, and little snippets of TV

> 'Nuff of bandwidth now.
> Regards, Lars
> lars.arnwald@...
>