New analog synth poll.

SYSph@ntOPus wils0450 at tc.umn.edu
Fri Sep 24 17:44:08 CEST 1999


I believe that the PAIA kit comes with the Frac Rac as part of the
"package". No time to look it up though...correct me if I'm wrong.

On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 inman at interpath.com wrote:

> ...or John Simenton's new 9700 series which looks like it will be
> a MIDI/CV, VCO, VCA, and VCF for about $425 unassembled.  Add
> $200 for casing and someone to put it together and you are still
> under the $700 mark.  

> The video could be sold to DIYers like me for $50 and to electronics 
> and music departments at the educational discount price of $219.  
> Or, what about a Master Class series?  For $200 tuition and $50 in 
> parts, spend a Saturday afternoon with Dr. Moog in his lab, building 
> a discrete transistor synthesizer.  Or, for $200, Don Buchla lets 
> you play with his toys.  Lighting!  Thunder!  The WHOLE DAMN STORM!  
> Why not, Max Matthews teaches "C Sound for Dummies:  If you cannot 
> build an orchestra by the lunch break, your entire tuition will 
> be refunded!"  That kind of thing.  For that matter, when is Tom G 
> going to write his own TAB Electronics book?  (Tom, just download 
> the whole web site into Word for Windows, put you name on the cover, 
> and tell us where to send the $30.)
This, my firends, would rule!

> 
> But, I'm just daydreaming...  
> 
Hey man, it brightened my day!




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