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I have seen several statements to the effect: why are you worrying about a Buchla Series when you
are so far behind?

The answer is the same as planting trees: you starting thinking now about modules to ship 8, 10
even 12 months later.

Also: the LPG is pretty simple, on the order of say a MOTM-420 filter, to design/breadboard/test.
It's not like a uSeq.

As the "bread and butter" modules mature, and the inventory begins to idle (this is a concern on
my end), it's new products that keep the MOTM system going. In a down economy, there is a great
percentage of existing customers adding modules then brand new ones showing up out of the blue
ordering 22 at once.

Then there is the 'X' factor of the unknown percentage of "fence sitters" just waiting for "that
special 1 module" to show up, even if they themselves don't ∗know∗ what it is.

For last 20 years I keep hearing how "unique" Buchla is/was. Now I have first hand experience
from a circuit/design point (not and audio point, however). The 292 LPG is a good jumping off
point because it is a simple circuit that can produce complex sounds not in the "normal" Moog
setting.

Fret no longer, the owner picks it up shortly and I'll probably never see another system like
that again. And it's not like everything here went to a standstill :)

Paul S.