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Hi James
--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, fred fain <esoterrafirma@...> 
wrote:
> Well, actually, that tidbit does inspire some dispair. 
>Do you have any suggestions for patching an equivalent 300 series 
example.

the Omni has a resonance CV  input so that's probably the closest 
approximation in an 'All Blue' rig

> Why would a borg not call up the same beast?

well, strictly speaking , because resonance is not a CV parameter...
...although the old Buchla trick of adding 'homemade' VC resonance 
by patching an external VCA (ie mixolator channel) in an audio 
feedback path might be worth a try. The Borg is, after all, a very 
rich sounding VCF.

> Where do I get an aries?

Sadly, they stopped production before the majority of AH subscribers 
were born.
there's a quick blurb and some pics here:

http://www.synthmuseum.com/aries/index.html

as for obtaining one  it'd be strictly the used market.
Aries sold kits (all my modules were sold as kits) and i hot-rodded 
and expanded one of my 2600's with Aries enhancements back in the 
early 80's. i still love them madly but i couldn't tell you about 
the architecture of the AR327 multimode VCF because even as a kit, 
the core circuit was potted in epoxy....
8(
... a practice that should give any of us old farts pause before we 
wax loquacious about 'the GOOD old days' .
I've also seen some schematics floating around the infosphere but i 
don't remember where. My best guess is that it is a fairly standard 
state variable , possibly with fet-stages rather than opamps, and 
there are many state modern variable-type VCF's on the market. i 
think that filter sonic-quality is the most ludicrously over-hyped 
subject in the field anyway...
Try what you already own... you may discover something new and even 
better!

nighty night,
-doc