I must agree with the below here.
If its gonna be done - do it properly.(i.e. keep everything Buchla-esque)
Make it a new range - a different concept.
A buchla is not the kind of synth that can be "reigned in" to a different format.
Instead of a 200 series, make it a an updated (electronically) tribute version.
People want to buy into the Buchla ideal, so give them (i.e. me) the real deal.
MOTM is fantastic as it is, shoehorning PseudoBuchla in, just isnt going to work.
Paul has the ability to take the Buchla 200 and add stablility with better electronics.
This would be a fantastic thing, please dont ruin it by going halfway.
My two pence worth.
Steve Martin
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Re: 200 Series
While not the most popular view, I vote to make the 200 series as Buchla as
possible, in both look and sound (sound being the most important). I say go
all out. Keep the panel size format the same as MOTM, but make them bare
aluminum with blue silkscreening, with graphics. It would cool to see
similar if not exactly the same knobs as well, red and blue of different
sizes. Put the jacks and knobs in the same places as the Buchla modules.
For the LP Gate, put them in that cool diagonal layout with all the lines.
Of couse, the mechanical and electronic standards should conform with the
rest of MOTM: sealed pots, Switchcraft jacks, etc. While I think banana
jacks are cool, I don't see any reason to put them on these modules for
flexibility reasons.
If this is going to far, and the panels must remain black and white, then at
the very least I'd like to see knob, switch, and jack placement similar to
the Buchla. Maybe there are some knobs out there that are similar in style
to the MOTM standard (black with metal disc insert) but a different size and
shape, maybe with a larger skirt or something (Maybe one of the other style
of Alco knobs). In any case, even if these end up in the grid format like
all other MOTM modules, I'd probaby still buy some.
Kevin
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