SergeModular

--- In SergeModular@y..., "C. Whitten" <chris@c...> wrote:

> > I wonder if anyone buys Serge gear to patch it like any other
> > synth ?
> Yes!
> And due to the investment required there might not be any cash left

to own

> another synth.

But , is that ever the case ? anyone out there only ever had a
Serge ?

>
> > I think Serge , EMS , Buchla ,Wiard etc. all employ & embody a
> > distinct personallity. sometimes expecting them to be jack of all
> > trades , is knoiwing they'll be master of none . ?????



> Serge is so good I don't think it is too much to ask.

I dont follow this logic....why should it be a carthorse &
racehorse ...wy a Bentley & a mini-cooper ?

> I enjoy using it so much I virtually use it for everything and

would hate to

> have to base every composition around the esoteric qualities alone.
> It doesn't seem to me that difficult or expensive to introduce a

different

> sounding filter. Nobody has accused Wiard or Fenix of pandering to

the Moog

> sound.

The Fenix sounds nothing like Moog stuff . The filters are all
differant to Moog standard.

> It comes up so often I guess the filter issue is now quite tedious.
> On the other hand it seems to be (apart from prices) the

only 'weakness'

> anyone ever expresses about the system.

I find the filters to be versatile & usefull in ways an Oscar
(i.m.o. -better than the moog........) or other synths cannot manage.
you cant have your cake & eat it....

> I agree with those who point to everything else a Serge can do but

it's not

> always possible to have thousands of dollars tied up in a cutting

edge,

> electronic sound machine. For the want of another filter it would

be easier

> to create run of the mill sounds as well.

Run of the mill ? you said it . Serge have very wisely I.M.O. avoided
all the cliched moog/tb303 drivel .I dont think history will be as
kind to Moog as he would have peeple beleeve.....I.M.O.

> Why not? It's evident that Malcolm Cecil patched some simple sounds
> occasionally on Tonto.....even using the odd Moog filter.

And you can use Moog or any such lesser system (fighying talk...)
with your Serge . You have aq fenix ? whats the problem ? especially
as the Fenix is about the same cost as some serge modules.....?
p.k.

> CW