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Yeah, uninformed was what my mind meant (though my fingers couldn't catch up). 

	<<Hell, do you know how many manuals I wrote for Ampex without ever seeing 
> the equipment?  >>
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That's supposed to be a good thing? So, because you've heard a Buchla album, this gives you enough experience to talk about the instrument? I guess I'd rather hear about Egypt from someone with first-hand knowledge than from someone who has only seen it on TV. 

	<<I would challenge you to name five traditional recordings using Buchla.>>

I'm not sure what you mean by the word "traditional". The tradition of electronic music is one thing: playing Bach on a modular synth is not "traditional," though it was an impressive thing to do.  I would suggest that any Subotnick recording using the Buchla is a traditional use of it. Certainly, you wouldn't ask a Javanese suling player to play "traditional" music on his instrument, and then expect him to play Bach. That would be moronic.

But I would like to remind you that Suzanne Ciani made her name using the Buchla for commercial music, in NYC no less. And she's currently getting it reconditioned from what I've heard, so she must have some plans for it...
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> From: 	konkuro
> Reply To: 	wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: 	Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:38 PM
> To: 	wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: 	[wiardgroup] Re: fartin' in the church
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> Gino wrote:
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> >Yeah, I have to agree, *that* was one (of many) inarguable and 
> uniformed comments. Too bad the opinonator doesn't use Buchla or 
> Wiard modules to really get to know them.<
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> "Uniformed?"  What am I, Janet Jackson?  :-)
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> Certainly you didn't mean "uninformed."  Just because I've never been 
> to Egypt doesn't mean I can't tell you all about the pyramids. Hell, 
> do you know how many manuals I wrote for Ampex without ever seeing 
> the equipment?  [Wiard Group: "Well, THAT explains why that crap 
> never worked!"  :-) ]
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> I stand by my words. The Buchla, as you well know, was created for 
> avant garde and atonal music. I would challenge you to name five 
> traditional recordings using Buchla. I can think of only one, "A Very 
> Merry Electric Christmas To You," and that uses the Buchla only 
> briefly and with a sequencer. It just isn't designed for that.
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> While from all indications the Wiard can be used for traditional 
> music, there seems to be virtual vacuum in that realm. Modules like 
> the Wogglebug are hardly applicable to such venues, wouldn't you 
> agree? Now that I think of it, how often do you see the Wiard 
> pictured with a keyboard?
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> Mind you, this isn't knocking the Wiard. I'm just saying that it 
> seems to follow in Buchla's shoes, and might balance that out with 
> more traditional modules so as to enjoy a broader audience.
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> Grant and Paul: Those were both interesting posts!  Pity they didn't 
> appear in TGS.  :-)
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> Hmmmmm.... just noticed the rather odd title of this post.
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> johnm
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