MOTM

Yes, this all well said.  I would add that the Buchla has some 
interesting and useful sound mangling 'modules' though, and I would 
like them in my MOTM rig.  I'm not after capturing a 'vibe' that is 
associated with Buchla, I'm after exploring timbre.  I trust Paul 
will take interesting elements from Buchla's designs and make them 
his own, to some degree.  I can't wait!

I also can't wait for the Panning VCA. I couldn't wait for the 
Preamp/Envelope Follower so I bought Tony's EFG Deluxe (and his SVF 
for that matter).

Again, MArk, well said.

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Mark <yahoogroups@p...> wrote:
> 
> Designing modules to be as Buchla as possible is the least Buchla 
> thing you can do.  They were unique and original for their time. 
> Cloning Buchla modules thirty years later isn't experimental. 
> Designing modules to look more like a Buchla isn't creative.  
Serge 
> already offers updated versions of of many Buchla modules, 
including 
> the banana jacks and different color knobs.  So it's already been 
> done.
> 
> Don Buchla went from making analogue modulars, to digital synths, 
to 
> allternative MIDI controllers.  He could have continued to keep 
> offering his old designs, but he didn't.  He kept moving on to new 
> territory.
> 
> Paul Schreiber is offering radically new and experimental designs 
> with his 500 series.  Yet, they aren't non-repeatble or 
innaccurate 
> in the wacky way Buchla modules were.  The 500 series is weird in 
> Paul's way.  He's doing his own thing.  And that's beautiful, 
man :)
> 
> Paul isn't Don.  Remember that episode of the Simpsons when Homer 
> tried to be a hippy??  It didn't work.
> 
> You can't "capture the Buchla spirit".  You can't turn back time. 
> You can't make mistakes on purpose.  You can't make mistakes on 
> purpose.  If you try to capture the Buchla spirit, it's no longer 
the 
> Buchla spirit.
> 
> While I'm sure there are many Buchla designs that are worthy 
> inspiration for upcoming MOTM modules, adding blue knobs isn't 
going 
> to make them any more useful.  Puttting cheap electronics behind 
> expensive hardware is a waste of money.  The way to improve them 
is 
> by adding features, and making them more reliable.