SergeModular

From: "Sebastian Kuehnl" <skuehnl@...>
To: <SergeModular@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [SergeModular] Re: external controllers and connectors...


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:
: > Did anyone see the article on Music Control in the latest Sound on
: > Sound, and the bit about buying a VCS3 as an invt (it's worth more
: > now than two years ago). I wouldn't think that someone could charge
: > high prices on synths that are still available to buy new (i.e. EMS
: > VCS3/AKS (minus sequencer & kybd) & Serge). There is a bit of wait,
: > but you do a get some kind of guarantee and know that there's someone
: > there to fix it.
:
: Robin Wood did sell restored used Synthis until the price inflation in the
: nineties.
:
:
: I think the Music Control guarantee is max 3
: > months, maybe longer for the Moog 3C, etc. Are people really willing
: > to pay high prices on EMS stuff just to get the added sequencer
: > (everyone I've known who's come into contact with it hasn't like it)?
:
: I can think of at leat three reasons. If one wanted high end analog gear
one
: would not like EMS synths; they are liked because of the unpredictability
which
: the plenty of insufficiently buffered matrix inputs on each module cause
the
: unit to behave with, so any quirky tics a synth might develop during its
: lifetime can be considered an enrichment on these. Other people pay dearly
for
: professionally circuitbent Speak'n'spells and Casios.
:
: The Mark One models have features some people prefer to the Mark Two
a.k.a.
: Putney respectively Portabella Road models which are the units still built
: today (there is for new ones a standard row of factory mods).
:
: If one bought an AKS because of its portability one would usually
appreciate
: the integrated keyboard and sequencer.
:
:
: Kind regards,
: Sebastian Kuehnl
:
:
: >
: > Richard
: >


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