[sdiy] serge schematics

[Peter Grenader]

I can't speak of the entire Serge history.  I can speak of my own
experiences from the time I was part of it.  I built a Serge from a kit at
the factory on Santa Monica in Hollywood in fall '77 and the thing is,
everything was documented with separate instructions for each module,
replete with illustrations -- what color wires went where, how to set it up,
how to calibrate it, how to operate it, even how to roll the paper faceplate
material and the plastic coating onto the metal panels.  I find it odd that
they would go into all that detail and not write down the dang circuit
somewhere.

Not formalizing a drawing is one thing which I'm sure didn't happen, but how
do you translate breadboards to PCBs without writing them down? I guess you
could, but it would make the job a lot more difficult.

- P








Grant Richter wrote:

> The mystery deepens ;^)
> 
> It's like the blind men and the elephant. Each time I hear Serge history
> it's different, depending on who tells it. There is no single "truth" I
> think.
> 
> Which leads me to another subject. At this point, most of electronic music
> history is tribal lore. I can't see that changing, so it will be interesting
> to see what the future invents to fill in the gaps. That is, if any one
> cares at all.
> 
>> From: Peter Grenader <peter at buzzclick-music.com>
>> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 07:59:42 -0800
>> To: Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net>, adam <adam at hoodmusic.net>,
>> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] serge schematics
>> 
>> Those aren't reversed engineered drawings.  That's Serge Tcherepnin's
>> handwriting. 
>> 
>> 
>> Grant Richter wrote:
>> 
>>> Whoever reverse engineered those got the pin out on the E101 FET wrong.
>>> 
>>> They won't work as drawn.
>>> 
>>> The waveshaper is cool though.
>>> 
>>>> From: adam <adam at hoodmusic.net>
>>>> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:35:58 -0600
>>>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>>> Subject: [sdiy] serge schematics
>>>> 
>>>> here are some serge schematics i picked up somewhere.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.sdiy.org/oid/serge.html
>>>> 
>>>> adam
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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