[sdiy] Disectiong old organs was (Other applications of CEM chips?)

[Ken Stone]

I've given a rundown of what I found in one organ I disected here
http://kato.sai.com.au/catgirl/synth/organ.html
if anyone is interested.

Ken

>On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 07:35:35 EST, choaglin at aol.com wrote:
>>Since CEM chips are so hard to find NOS these days, I started
>>wondering: what
>>else used them besides synthesizers? I tend to have access to a LOT
>>of scrap
>>electronic gear, and I've run across useful chips before (BBD's used
>>in a
>>satellite comm link system). If any old gear besides synths used
>>them, this
>>could be a good way to get hold of them.
>>
>>Chris
>
>I don't know about CEM chips, but for vintage Audio electronics old 
>trashed home electronic organs are a goldmine. Plus, you can find 
>them dirt cheap, esspecially if they are busted, then you don't have 
>to feel so guilty about slaughterin' them.
>
>As an added bonus, they normally have some pretty fresh analog beat 
>boxes attached to them, you could rip em' out and build them into 
>their own cases, i bet they would be a dream to modify, i doubt 
>trigger inputs would be hard, is it just me or do anyone else dig the 
>fresh sounds of those organ beat boxes?
>
>Seeya
>-- Plutonique9, Plutonique9 at symbiocom.com
>
>I've been known to swallow a tree at a moment of evenin'
>
>
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