[sdiy] Buchla's back

[Tim Parkhurst]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rainer Buchty [mailto:rainer at buchty.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:39 AM
> To: karl dalen
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Buchla's back
> 
> >Not wery difficult if only the 3372 where still available wich they are
> >not.
> 
> I guess the following is not completely irrational:
> 
> 	"Hi Doug, this is Tom. We're planning to release a successor to
> the XPander. We'd need 16 CEM3372 per machine and plan an initial run of
> 1000 machines."
> 
> 	"Tom, that'll be around 50k setup costs, another 50k
> fabrication, plus other stuff. That means a single 3372 would come down
> to $10."
> 
> 	"I'm fine with that, Doug."
> 
> The price per chip is probably way too high in this example :)
> 
> Rainer
> 

True, pretty much any of the Curtis or even SSM chips could be brought back
to life as long as someone was willing to pop for (at least) ten or twenty
thousand pieces. That's why one of us needs to win the lottery. I nominate
ME! 

Anyway, Dave Smith uses a Curtis chip in the Evolver, and is going to have
to do another run at some point (when he first introduced it, he said he had
enough for about a year and a half of production). By the way, does anybody
know which Curtis chip DSI uses? 

My picks for Curtis chips to resurrect would be (in order of potential
usefulness): 3396 (waveshaper/VCF/VCA), 3372 (VCF/VCA) and 3374 (dual VCO).
Just in case anybody cares. 


Tim (pricey chips) Servo 

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