> The fellow on the phone said, no, that theHOLY S**T !!!!!!
> person was some guy named Grant Richter (of the
> Wiard Synthesizer Company). Rex, of course
> then called Grant. Rumor has it that Grant
> and Rex may be doing some joint projects and
> merging some of their manufacturing facilities.
Let's hope that's true! Can you even begin to imagine the stuff that could
come from such a partnership? Only my opinion, but Rex and Grant have some
of the most innovative stuff out there. The two of them together would give
us modules/instruments that nobody else could come CLOSE to touching!
Maybe this has something to do with the fact that all my pre-purchase
research has led me to these two companies to start with. My "OK, this is
what I'm gonna get" system was a Wiard and a few Serge panels together. I've
already asked Grant about putting bananas on the Wiard, but due to the
compact size of the patch panels on his modules, they won't fit. He offered
to make custom cables for me instead.
I'm really interested in the Wiard filter. The ability to CV between filter
states is pretty exciting. Rex told me "well, we can do that too but it
takes....." and then proceeded to list off a pile of modules and patch
routings. I wish the Serge had a 24dB filter without having to use multiple
modules...
I've spoken to both these guys on the phone, and needless to say, short of
meeting Bob Moog himself (and I've actually got a line on that as well...),
and I consider myself honored to have done so. Both really nice and
interesting and extremely innovative people. That said, *DON'T* ever call
Rex unless you got some serious time to devote to talking, if you get him.
He won't stop....<grin>
Les Mizzell
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