Now the prototypes Grant built into Aries cases..... What I would give to get my hands on those!!!! :)
Best Regards,
John Langdon
On 11/18/07 1:44 AM, "drmabuce" wrote:
Hi James
--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com , fred fain
wrote:
> Well, actually, that tidbit does inspire some dispair.
>Do you have any suggestions for patching an equivalent 300 series
example.
the Omni has a resonance CV input so that's probably the closest
approximation in an 'All Blue' rig
> Why would a borg not call up the same beast?
well, strictly speaking , because resonance is not a CV parameter...
...although the old Buchla trick of adding 'homemade' VC resonance
by patching an external VCA (ie mixolator channel) in an audio
feedback path might be worth a try. The Borg is, after all, a very
rich sounding VCF.
> Where do I get an aries?
Sadly, they stopped production before the majority of AH subscribers
were born.
there's a quick blurb and some pics here:
http://www.synthmuseum.com/aries/index.html
as for obtaining one it'd be strictly the used market.
Aries sold kits (all my modules were sold as kits) and i hot-rodded
and expanded one of my 2600's with Aries enhancements back in the
early 80's. i still love them madly but i couldn't tell you about
the architecture of the AR327 multimode VCF because even as a kit,
the core circuit was potted in epoxy....
8(
... a practice that should give any of us old farts pause before we
wax loquacious about 'the GOOD old days' .
I've also seen some schematics floating around the infosphere but i
don't remember where. My best guess is that it is a fairly standard
state variable , possibly with fet-stages rather than opamps, and
there are many state modern variable-type VCF's on the market. i
think that filter sonic-quality is the most ludicrously over-hyped
subject in the field anyway...
Try what you already own... you may discover something new and even
better!
nighty night,
-doc