MOTM

> would I love it if they sold just the circuits.  (Suppose if we all
> pestered them, it would start to look like a good business
> proposition?) 

This has been discussed ad-nauseum on the Serge list, and directly with 
Rex as well. He has absolutely no interest in selling individual modules 
or kits or circuits for that matter.  He's been pestered to death on 
this by folks trying to purchase individual modules and he ain't budging.

If you've been keeping up with prices, Rex just did some major increases 
as well - as much at 50% or 60% for some modules! A lot of folks that 
have been on the Serge list have been saying "Well, there goes me ever 
thinking about buying a panel....", and some owners going "Well, I can 
get a whole lot more for a used panel now".

Me? I don't care WHO builds it, I'm not paying $525 for an oscillator...

Let's look your basic shop (preconfigured) panel - let's use the 
"Animal" as an example:

http://www.scampers.com/EGRES/shop_misc.html

What's in this thing?
1 New Timbral Oscillator
1 Precision Oscillator
1 Triple Wave Multiplier
1 3x1 mixer
1 Smooth/Step Generator - basically a slew limiter combined
   with a sample-hold.
1 Dual Transient Generator - probably the most insane module in
   the Serge Catalog. What *can't* this thing do?
1 Variable Q Filter
1 UAP output module with 2 VCA's cross
   connected to provide panning or crossfading...

Price? About $3300.

So, this is your price ENTRY point into Serge now.  Eeks!  While there's 
an amazing amount of functionality in that panel, it's certainly easier 
to buy modules form someone else like Paul, one at a time, and get your 
system exactly like you want it.  With Serge, you better get your panel 
config right the first time, because it's set in stone.  I've got a 
friend with a large system and he's got a few panels that has him going 
"What the heck was I thinking when I asked for this layout??".

Heh....

There's a lot of the "old" Serge circuit diagrams hanging around. Many 
were published in Synapse or somewhere like that, by Serge himself, 
often under another name. Study them, improve on them a bit since 
they're getting a little dusty, build it and get the Stooges to make you 
a panel!

Between what's already available, and some stuff that's been announced, 
I really don't see much lacking in the MOTM format myself...

-- 
Les Mizzell
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