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Re: Genesis of the Wiard modules

2001-08-03 by skuehnl@yahoo.de

Hello,

Grant wrote:
> 
> So I bowed to the pressure and corrected the pronunciation to 
> wired. All the great synth companies have ambiguous names 
> anyway. I guess it's a tradition!

I was told that the Wiard family originated from Sweden. Other US 
made synth brands: Buchla is a Polish name, Serge is Russian, Moog 
and Bode are German names (Borg too, by the way, and quite common)

> Each module has to function on two levels. Both in the audio 
> domain and for control voltages.

Regarding the electrical considerations Don Buchla had (among others) 
for seperating audio and CV connections, is it easier today to handle 
a common path than it was for him in his analog days?

Sebastian Kuehnl

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