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Paperface TKB?

Paperface TKB?

2004-07-02 by angrysavant

Did these ever exist, i checked all the pictures in the archive...
Anyone want to trade a tkb + panel for a fenix? Paper face panels
are definitely welcome.
-a

Re: Paperface TKB?

2004-07-02 by Steve Ridley

> Did these ever exist, i checked all the pictures in the archive...
> Anyone want to trade a tkb + panel for a fenix? Paper face panels
> are definitely welcome.

There were early versions of the TKB the late 70s, which I assume
were paper faced. (When did the silver face ones appear?)
They were slightly different from the normal ones - the biggest
difference is the lack of a touch pressure output. I think there
was a pic in that late 70s catalog in the files section...


Steve

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Re: Paperface TKB?

2004-07-02 by Peter Grenader

Man...this isn't exactly a fair trade! Me thinks you're gonna get a bunch
of people very willing to do this with you.

Darrell Johansen would be the guy to field the paperface TBK question. I
don't believe off hand that they were made with paper.



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> Anyone want to trade a tkb + panel for a fenix? Paper face panels
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Re: Paperface TKB?

2004-07-02 by S V G

I was doing a lot of the graphical layout for the paper-faced graphics in 77-78. I don't
remember doing any TKB graphics offhand, though that could just be my faulty memory banks. And it
would not have been made with the earliest paper-faced design work. The TKB was either the
transitional paper-face or it came in around the time we switched to silkscreen. I'd say there's
a pretty good chance that there are some paper-faced TKB's out there.

Personally I think the paper-face modules sound subtly superior to the later silkscreened
versions. Something about how the sonic vibrations hit the front panel and interacted with the
paper instead of hitting aluminum straight away. This then modified how the vibrations interacted
with the circuitry. Ain't analog grand?

Stephen
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> > Did these ever exist, i checked all the pictures in the archive...
> > Anyone want to trade a tkb + panel for a fenix? Paper face panels
> > are definitely welcome.
>
> There were early versions of the TKB the late 70s, which I assume
> were paper faced. (When did the silver face ones appear?)
> They were slightly different from the normal ones - the biggest
> difference is the lack of a touch pressure output. I think there
> was a pic in that late 70s catalog in the files section...
>
>
> Steve
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> Man...this isn't exactly a fair trade! Me thinks you're gonna get a bunch
> of people very willing to do this with you.
>
> Darrell Johansen would be the guy to field the paperface TBK question. I
> don't believe off hand that they were made with paper.
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> angrysavant wrote:
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> > Did these ever exist, i checked all the pictures in the archive...
> > Anyone want to trade a tkb + panel for a fenix? Paper face panels
> > are definitely welcome.
> > -a
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Re: Paperface TKB?

2004-07-02 by Steve Ridley

Steven

> I was doing a lot of the graphical layout for the paper-faced graphics in
> 77-78. I don't remember doing any TKB graphics offhand, though that
> could just be my faulty memory banks. And it would not have been made
> with the earliest paper-faced design work.

The early paper faced are the ones with the graphic symbols,
and the later ones are the ones with just rectangular boxes around
the outputs? The TKB on page 17 of the "late 70s catalogue"
is the rectangular box type, so that sounds right.

> The TKB was either the transitional paper-face or it came in around
> the time we switched to silkscreen. I'd say there's a pretty good
> chance that there are some paper-faced TKB's out there.

I'm very confused about when the screen printing came in? I've
seen paper faces Serges with fully punched front panels, and I've
seen "81 Series" Serges with fully punched panels and silvery
stick-on panel facias over the top. Were there some silk screened
ones in between, or did they come later?

> Personally I think the paper-face modules sound subtly superior
> to the later silkscreened versions.

In the case of the TKB, the features changed too, and that might be
the major consideration. Early ones apparently have two reset
inputs, two clock inputs and no touch pressure. When the touch
pressure output was added, one of the clock inputs was lost.



Steve

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