WTB: more Wiard
2009-06-21 by Tommy DOG
Anyone planning on selling modules of a 300 or 1200 persuasion at reasonable prices. I'd be happy to hear from you. I have space to fill and dreams of what "quad Envelation" might mean.
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happy Wiard moment
2009-06-18 by Tommy DOG
I had a friend over yesterday who mainly uses a large 100/200 Buchla and small vintage Serge. He's a very detail oriented guy who has some pretty major electronics design chops. Needless to say he was blown away by the Wiard. Thanks Grant!
Frac a duck on a crutch....
2009-06-14 by Gary Chang
Having some empty spots in my frac console, I, too look forward to WHATEVER Wiard frac modules that you make, Grant! gary (Subject quote from Serge Tcherepnin, circa 1976 in Hollywood).
RE: [wiardgroup] Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-06-07 by T3h caTmaN
i think u forgot to mention BLACET. seems like the obvious choice. d. To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com From: r_a_quirk@yahoo.co.uk Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 07:32:11 +0000 Subject: [wiardgroup] Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support I'd definitely be
Re: [wiardgroup] Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-06-06 by Norman Fay
I just read this, catching up on some back emails, what with having a new-ish day gig which takes a lot of time and does not have internet access, I'm a bit behind. I'm very pleased to read about it! I like the frac-rack size and format best of all of what's out there, I like tha
Frac on!
2009-05-27 by ginorobair
I also cast my vote for Frac versions, no matter what the faceplate looks like. I understand the concept of having a visually appealing module, but I'm in the camp where sound and function trump looks. ginorobair
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-27 by r_a_quirk
I'd definitely be very interested in some frac 1200 series, with whatever kind of faceplate. Maybe Metalbox or Bugbrand would be interested in releasing it in frac and giving you your time back to the 300 and whatever else lies in the future? cheers Richard
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by kursk53704
Superb declaration. I just hope some of these new modules are 21st century oriented and stay away from Cold War silicon. Something hopefully that can have CV over my Facebook parameters or perhaps a Dick Cheney module that drones on yet never breathes (c. 17th century Absolutist
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by Tommy DOG
I think Dennis' point is good, although I have never met a dip switch I liked. Maybe translucent yellow, pink and green just to fuck with people. I don't think much matters to users in terms of appearance, beyond maybe keeping their rows in the same color, if that. Maybe having s
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by grogg barrel
this is definitly great news!, i was sad to see the modules continue in euro, and leave us fracs behind. and i like black. curious questions= knob size? and i guess the circuit boards would be not as compact? either way i 'd throw 300 that direction whenever i can. grogg
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by Igor Medeiros
http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/03/grant-richter-on-cutting-down-modular.html "The single most expensive component in a synthesizer is the aluminum faceplate. There is only one source for turnkey faceplates in the US and they are obscenely expensive. I pay $70 each for 1200
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by m0n075
Grant, Some modules got dip switches for different settings. Like the noisering and borg. What about making these switches on the frontpanel? I am really excited about the new designs. To bad there aint blue stuff coming but better black instead off nothing. Cheers, Dennis http:/
Re: [wiardgroup] Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by Bakis Sirros
4 new Wiard designs in euro and frac format is amazing news! i'll probably buy them in euro format, as i have more free space in my euro racks.... but, i am sure that the frac users will also want these 4 new designs in their format too. well done Grant! Bakis Sirros - Parallel W
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by Mark Griffiths
Grant, many thanks for including the Frac rackers in your thinking. As a frac rack and 300 series owner I'd welcome new modules, especially as I think it's unlikely I will add Euro rack. Blue is nice but no big issue, if they need to be black and look a little different no proble
RE: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by Andris Tauvers
Grant that is fantastic news. I hope you will be able to continue with the 1200 series. You can count me in on any future Frac designs. Andris To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com From: grichter@asapnet.net Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 19:28:15 +0000 Subject: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to co
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by Tommy DOG
Grant, When I read that a unreleased design was coming out I flipped my wig. I will, no offense to any of the folks making licensed product will take the stuff however it will be. As I have said to you on the phone in the past, I would love to see any and all designs come to frui
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-26 by kwote uno
So this would mean you'd be producing the Frac Rack stuff then? Honestly i'd love to see the 1200 series continue, however I hate to see you labor over it when it seems clear to me you have enough on your plate with the 300 series. If Josh isn't truly interested in making any run
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by RSA
Grant, This is an awesome idea! Can you tell us something about the new 1200 designs? =) Cheers, Rob Adams ________________________________ From: Grant Richter To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:28:15 PM Subject: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue som
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by KLAVIS VERGE
I would be very interested in future and previous designs to still be made for frac format. I just wish there was more support for frac format and I hope there will be future frac format designs. From: Grant Richter To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:28:1
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by Muff
This is exceptional news! I have a small euro setup, but due to the cost of rackspace in that format, I strongly prefer frac, and the majority of my modules are in that format. I would very much welcome new designs in the 1200 series, and would buy them in whichever format they w
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by mrboningen
that's great news grant and josh! depending on what the four "new" modules are, i would DEFINITELY be interested in frac versions. my frac modular is entirely based around core wiard and blacet with wiard helped modules. looking forward to finding out what they are! gregg --- In
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by data2action
Grant absotively possolutely! i'm in for anything you come out with, including a reissue of the joyrider. anxiously await any hints of what the previously unreleased modules are. bbob --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Grant Richter" wrote: > > Josh and I discussed the idea of m
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by Timm Mason
This is an exciting idea. I'd be all over Frac-format Borgs. Also very interested in the JAG and of course the unreleased modules. Faceplates are no deal-breaker. I want what's inside! -timm On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Grant Richter wrote: > > > Josh and I discussed the ide
Re: [wiardgroup] Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by Paul Lord
Grant, Yes, I am happy to deal with a black-only release of 4 more Frac rack Wiard modules. Please keep us informed. Paul On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Grant Richter wrote: > > > Josh and I discussed the idea of modifying the existing Frac-Rack faceplate > designs to fit the
Re: Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by Christopher Jon
This is wonderful, thank you! As you've said the synth is *behind* the panel, so I don't mind if they don't look exactly like my existing Wiard modules (black 1200s). This is great news.
Possible idea to continue some Frac-Rac mechanical faceplate support
2009-05-25 by Grant Richter
Josh and I discussed the idea of modifying the existing Frac-Rack faceplate designs to fit the Malekko Euro-rack PCBs. This would allow continued support of the Frac-rac format. The modules would have to change. The faceplates have to be much thinner, so the blue engraved style c
[wiardgroup] Wavelengths
2009-05-16 by kwote uno
a beat i made on the modular, highly under the influence of the Boogie Filter. heh. http://www.kwotemusic.com/wavelengths.mp3 On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Gary Chang gchang@calarts.edu > wrote: I remember what Calarts sold the modules for - $35 per module!!! (Now you can rea
Re: time is an illusion
2009-05-16 by Tommy DOG
--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, T3h caTmaN wrote: > > > one can only imagine just how little he probably had to pay for those Buchla modules back then. sick. > at least compared to the going rate for them today. > Right now someone is buying up something else that will one day
Re: time is an illusion
2009-05-16 by Gary Chang
I remember what Calarts sold the modules for - $35 per module!!! (Now you can really understand why I cussed at Grant at the news)! gary --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, T3h caTmaN wrote: > > > one can only imagine just how little he probably had to pay for those Buchla modules
Re: time is an illusion
2009-05-13 by drmabuce
Hi mr. potty-mouth Chang, ;'> ahhhhhh yes! the 80's..... the decade of the great fugue; a time of the most extreme analog-insanity that i've ever seen. i guess we ALL went a little off the deep-end! heck! i mean... did we REALLY think Korg DS8's and Roland MKS's or D50's were REA
RE: [wiardgroup] Re: time is an illusion
2009-05-13 by T3h caTmaN
one can only imagine just how little he probably had to pay for those Buchla modules back then. sick. at least compared to the going rate for them today. d. To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com From: gchang@calarts.edu Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 03:27:10 +0000 Subject: [wiardgroup] Re: tim
New Spike Jonze video...modular synthesizer band.
2009-05-12 by earthtodylan2000
Hi, I just wanted to post a new video one of my bands that we did. It was directed by Spike Jonze(Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and lots of music videos too) and Crystal Moselle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8syN4DJvczk Tons of my modular synthesizer system shots in the vide
Re: time is an illusion
2009-05-12 by Gary Chang
Ok, well, if we are going to dial up the way back machine to the first time that we met Grant, I met Grant on the telephone in 1989, when informed by John Payne at Calarts that he had bought all of the Buchla 200 modules that were formerly owned by Calarts. After talking with Gra
Re: time is an illusion
2009-05-06 by Michael A. Firman
Hi, I was just checking the records, such as they are. I met Grant for the first time prior to March 16th 1997 (which was our first musical gathering, or "Serge-fest"). The day I met him, while sitting in his living room, there was a fully machined case and front panel for a 300
Re: [wiardgroup] time is an illusion
2009-05-06 by matrix
It makes sense to me. :) I figured something pivotal must have happened then. Maybe the tipping point on knowing it really is going to happen long term. On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:48 AM, drmabuce drmabuce@yahoo.com > wrote: Hi Matrix Like most temporal milestones. ie: the discovery
time is an illusion
2009-05-06 by drmabuce
Hi Matrix Like most temporal milestones. ie: the discovery of 'America', Groundhog's day, Christmas, & National Frozen Potato Week. The 5 May anniversary of Wiard is more a matter of convention than documentary evidence. My own journal records this on 19 Nov 1998: "looks like som
Re: [wiardgroup] Cinco de Mayo
2009-05-06 by matrix
Hmm... I'm seeing the website up as early as Feb 06, 1998: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://wiard.com . When did Wiard form and is May 5 1999 a special date? Regardless, Happy Anniversary! :) On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:01 PM, drmabuce drmabuce@yahoo.com > wrote: Hi All if nobody
Re: Happy Anniversary Grant!
2009-05-06 by gaslampmusehog
Salue, as I raise thee 1/8" >
Happy Anniversary Grant!
2009-05-06 by sacrificialyam
Thanks Doc for the inside scoop on the significance of this day. Congrats to Grant for 10 years of amazing & inspiring work! Mike (moderator)
Cinco de Mayo
2009-05-06 by drmabuce
Hi All if nobody else is gonna mention it... i will... By his account.... On 5 May 1999 a guy in Milwaukee decided that he'd pick up where his mentors left off in Analog synthesizer design, and he began operations as the "Wiard Synthesizer Company" That was a full decade ago! It
Re: [wiardgroup] *GREAT* Wiard Trader - Dave Vosh
2009-04-24 by davevosh@aol.com
>Just a quick message to give some well-deserved kudos to Mr. Vosh. >[snip] At last August's electro-music festival, I had the pleasure of meeting Dave, chatting about various things synth-ish throughout the weekend, and hearing him perform. He made cool music (sound? noise? I ha
Re: [wiardgroup] *GREAT* Wiard Trader - Dave Vosh
2009-04-24 by John Mahoney
At 04:43 PM 4/20/2009, muffwiggler wrote: >Just a quick message to give some well-deserved kudos to Mr. Vosh. >[snip] At last August's electro-music festival, I had the pleasure of meeting Dave, chatting about various things synth-ish throughout the weekend, and hearing him perfo
touch
2009-04-22 by Tommy DOG
who would love to see this released: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wiardgroup/photos/album/1213994894/pic/363847534/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
Re: [wiardgroup] 'licenses? ... we don' need no steenkin' licenses!'
2009-04-21 by thomas white
Thanks Doc! Thomas White Natural Rhythm www.naturalrhythmmusic.com --- On Mon, 4/20/09, drmabuce wrote: From: drmabuce Subject: [wiardgroup] 'licenses? ... we don' need no steenkin' licenses!' To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 10:29 AM Hi Thomas i belie
good trader : muffwiggler (mike)
2009-04-20 by davevosh@aol.com
hello to all, likewise, muffwiggler was a pleasure to do business with - prompt payment with no drama. i knew of him from his e.m. list but this was my first communication and he comes recommended as a quality individual. thanks again, muff ! best, dave www.myspace.com/safe00 dav
*GREAT* Wiard Trader - Dave Vosh
2009-04-20 by muffwiggler
Just a quick message to give some well-deserved kudos to Mr. Vosh. I purchased an Omni Filter and a Waveform City from Dave.... I have to say he is probably the friendliest guy I have ever dealt with. Extremely understanding and flexible, great communication and the modules were
'licenses? ... we don' need no steenkin' licenses!'
2009-04-20 by drmabuce
Hi Thomas i believe 'who knew' referred to the Professors surprise at hearing what twelve Wbug#3's sound like all at once. Grant generally builds the 300-series versions one at a time so i doubt he ever heard an ensemble like that before. as for the legal provenance of the makeno
RE: [wiardgroup] Who knew?
2009-04-20 by thomas white
Hi, is this product release licensed, or wild like Rambo running with a publicly posted schematic?was permission secured due to the commercial nature of the modules? Thomas Grant Richter wrote: > Swarm of Wogglebugs. > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=XjY5M6Qdhn4& feature=email >
Re: [wiardgroup] Who knew?
2009-04-20 by JOSHUA HOLLEY
poke poke poke..get to work! :) --- On Sun, 4/19/09, Grant Richter wrote: > From: Grant Richter > Subject: [wiardgroup] Who knew? > To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 3:11 PM > Swarm of Wogglebugs. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjY5M6Qdhn4&feature
Re: [wiardgroup] Who knew?
2009-04-19 by Ordeish@aol.com
Was it you that sold me an MS20 many uears ago in the 90'S? If so I curse you! I've since bought many many more and am terribly addicted to those wonderful sounds! I just wanted to say thank you really. Edward Schultheis Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: "Grant Richter" Dat