[sdiy] "The" Buchla at Mills College

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 10/17/05, Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:
>
> Here's a weird one for yah.
>
> So, a friend of mine is going to Mills College. Being a synth-geek he of
> course hunted down The Buchla.
>
> Its status : It doesnt work. Paperwork is hard to find on it, they may
> have
> some but its missing or very scarce. Whats worse is they mostly dont care
> about the unit. However, they are interested in it working again.
>
> They also have a largeish Moog system that is in use for classes. It has
> several VCOs out. I've volunteered to work on them if only to get access
> to
> the Buchla. Personally I'd love to work on the Buchla too, but I also
> realise that this particular machine is part of Electronic Music's
> heritage
> and there are definatly people better qualified to work on it than me.
>
> I guess I'm sending this email to see who would be interested in working
> on
> this guy for probably little or no money. Perhaps I'm hoping that Buchla
> himself or people who work with him might volunteer. I know there are a
> lot
> of people who'd love to know details of the modules in it so at least
> I can try and document whats there.
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
I'm definitely NOT a Buchla expert, but at least I know which end of the
soldering iron to hold ("don't grab the shiny end, don't grab the shiny end,
got it"). I'll volunteer if I can be of any assistance.
Tim (soldering:keep the shiny end down, racing:keep the shiny side up) Servo
--
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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