[sdiy] Buchla's back

[Tim Parkhurst]

True. From what I’ve read, none of the head honchos at ARP did very well
after the company self-destructed. I wonder if they at least recovered some
of the losses by selling the Chroma to Fender. On the other hand, I wonder
if the name, rights and IP could be bought cheaply by some SDIY millionaire
with a lot of time on his/her hands (are there any of you out there? If so,
are you looking to adopt a 40-ish heir?). To tell you the truth, I wonder if
any of the ARP stuff is still protected. Did Fender buy ALL the ARP patents,
ideas, etc, or just the Chroma? If someone was going to reissue an Odyssey
or something like that, I would hope they’d at least attempt to do the right
thing, but I doubt that anything legally enforceable is still in effect. 

 

I think Tom Oberheim was just a little too early in his ‘comeback.’ >From
what I’ve read, the Marion rack box (MS-2?) was an improvement even over the
capabilities of the Matrix line. Perhaps that with a third wavetable DCO
and/or some nifty waveshaping could be a hot item now. Maybe. 

 

 

 

Tim (my name, rights and IP can be had real cheap…less than $100K) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

 

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From: jblippard at comcast.net [mailto:jblippard at comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:43 PM
To: Tim Parkhurst; 'rkmoore at memphis.edu'; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Buchla's back

 

Considering how badly Mr. Pearlman got burned by the fall of ARP, I doubt
he's got much interest in coming up with anything new.  I believe he's also
turning 80 this year.

I could see something new coming from Oberheim, but his last unit didn't do
very well IIRC.  Since Buchla, Moog, and Dave Smith are back in force, maybe
he'll jump in.

Anyone care to place bets on (another) PPG revival? ;)

-Jonathan

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> Another point of interest is that his new 200e series modules are 
> programmable. The MIDI converter module acts as the 'brains' of the
outfit. 
> While patch cord connections wouldn't be memorized, perhaps the internal 
> busses mentioned will take care of the normaled connections and maybe even

> allow mapping of MIDI CCs for interconnections. I always thought (and I
know 
> several others here have too) that programmable modules would be useful, 
> even though the patching would be difficult or even impossible to fully 
> implement. Anyway, bravo Mr. Buchla! 
> 
> Okay, now I'm taking bets as to when Tom Oberheim and Alan R. Pearlman are

> coming back. Me personally, I'd love to see a reissue of the Matrix 6 
> (ridiculously easy to do), and a programmable Odyssey (with a third VCO). 
> 
> Cheers! 
> 
> 
> Tim (ridiculous AND easy) Servo 
> 
> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: rkmoore at memphis.edu [mailto:rkmoore at memphis.edu] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:43 PM 
> > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
> > Subject: [sdiy] Buchla's back 
> > 
> > Hi y'all, 
> > 
> > Well, I guess he was never gone, but now he's making modular 
> > synthesizers in addition to his creative MIDI controllers. The new 
> > modules look interesting, but not cheap. One of you guys with a lot 
> > more disposable income than I've got will have to get one and let me 
> > know how they are. 
> > 
> > still playing the paia, 
> > Richard 
> > 
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