[sdiy] Serge and la Resistance

[Jim Johnson]

This is a premium instrument, especially if it is good shape. Serges tend
to go for around $1500 - $2000 per panel. I have no idea if Mr.
Tchernepin's (sp?) soldering skills were as good as his designs, but if so
I would not worry about it.

Mults are definitely not multiples, since the Serges use banana jacks -
multiples are pointless. Probably a triple wave multiplier, which is one of
the coolest modules in the Serge.

The resistor stuff sounds like audiophile nonsense. I don't have an
informed opinion on it.

Jim Johnson 
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On 2/19/01 at 7:47 PM Dave Krooshof wrote:

>I virtually came across a Four Panel Serge Modular System.
>
>----------------
>"It is a very early system which was handmade by Serge himself.
>It is a very expressive instrument."
>Panel  (1)
>    Dual Processor, 10 Step Sequencer, Mults, Envelope Generator,
>    Positive Slew, Negative Slew
>Panel  (2)
>    Negative Slew, Programmer, Programmer, Peak Through
>Panel  (3), Mults, Filter  HP  LP  BP, Filter  HP  LP  BP, Ring Modulator
>    3 Gates, Dual Mixer, Bi-Directional Router
>Panel  (4)
>    3 Oscillators, Schmitt Trigger, Triple Wave Shaper, Dual Mixer, Mults
>----------------
>
>I have a few questions on this apparatus.
>- what do you guys think of Serge's work?
>- Are Mults = Multipliers?
>
>"Also the super high quality metal resistors clamp down the harmonics
>so I would use hand matched carbon resistors like they did on the old
>Moogs"
>With the risk of starting a resistor war here, is this true?
>Resistors shouldn't behave different at different freqs in the audio
range,
>should they? Or is the resistance of carbon that different at HF?
>This could as well mean less and more HF, depending on the place in a
>circuit.
>
>
>Dave
>
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