RE: [wiardgroup] Too Heavy to be a Drag
2002-12-03 by phlizmo@onebox.com
-- derrick espino phlizmo@onebox.com - email (925) 695-2020 x7367 - voicemail/fax Wasnt EMS making Synthi AKS and VCS 3 Synths then too? THey count as modular dont they? Just wondering.. Derrick Espino
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-----Original Message----- From: "grantrichter2001" <grichter@asapnet.net> Sent: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:56:09 -0000 To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com Subject: [wiardgroup] Too Heavy to be a Drag <html><body> <tt> Back in 1996, there were only two companies making modulars. <BR> Dieter Doepfer and Rex at STS.<BR> <BR> Darwin Grosse liked the modules I was was building for myself <BR> and suggested I make more of them for sale. I said, "It would <BR> have to be the Weird Synthesizer Company, because I don't want <BR> to make anything normal" and that's how the joke got started.<BR> <BR> Weird.com was taken, and while playing around with anagrams, <BR> I came up with "Wiard" and that was available. I did not know it <BR> was a proper family name, and when I post the "Weird" <BR> pronounciation, I started getting hostile letters from <BR> grandmothers threatening to have all their grandchildren mail <BR> bomb me.<BR> <BR> So I corrected the pronunciation to "Wired" per their request.<BR> <BR> While researching the meaning of the word "weird" I discovered <BR> it did not mean what I thought. It actually means "Fatelike or of <BR> the Fates" because the three Greek Fates are called the "Weird <BR> Sisters" as they appear in MacBeth.<BR> <BR> This seemed appropriate. There is so much complexity in <BR> modular synthesizers that you may be the first on to hear a <BR> certain sound. You were "fated" to find that patch, and that fits <BR> into the overall aesthetic.<BR> <BR> The 300 series was destined to be a commercial failure. The <BR> modules were handicapped from the start by blue anodizing, a <BR> two color faceplate, unpopular graphics. A Utopian object in a <BR> world desperate to be practical and professional.<BR> <BR> It is only through supernatural intervention that the 300 series <BR> has made it this far. The project was in continual danger of <BR> collapse, but somehow at each moment, a sale would appear to <BR> magically save the day.<BR> <BR> I have simply served as the humble caretaker of this adventure. <BR> Providing services as the Fates decided. But I am reaching the <BR> limit of my physical abilities. So it is time to start considering <BR> finishing up systems and completing racks. I am sure the Fates <BR> will excuse their humble servant.<BR> <BR> Let me know about blank spaces that need to be filled. I will plan <BR> a last run of 300 series modules to satisfy those building <BR> systems. Those who have already been quoted, or have paid for <BR> 300 series modules will be receiving them as they are finished. <BR> Sebastian, don't worry, you will get your modules.<BR> <BR> I want to phase out the 300 series modules gracefully. The 1200 <BR> series is now the focus of my interest and I feel like continued <BR> 300 series production is blocking my progress.<BR> <BR> </tt> <br> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> <td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! Groups Sponsor</b></font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> <td align=center width=470><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td align=center><font face=arial size=-2>ADVERTISEMENT</font><br><a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/M=233351.2658116.4039490.1925585/D=egroupweb/S=1705032144:HM/A=1341247/R=0/*https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/yh/grp/300_mapG/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl" target=_top><img src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ex/expert_city/300x250_map.gif" alt="" width="300" height="250" border="0"></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1 src="http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=233351.2658116.4039490.1925585/D=egroupmail/S=:HM/A=1341247/rand=723144152"></td></tr> </table> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <br> <tt> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<BR> wiardgroup-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<BR> <BR> </tt> <br> <br> <tt>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt> </br> </body></html>