hi tim,
they are STILL TOO expensive,(the buchla modules), as,
for $1130 ,you get a doepfer a191(midi-cv plus shepard
gen.)and 8 vca's and 8 a110's with a million more
inputs, outputs and knobs!doepfer told me that the 80%
of a module's price goes to the knobs and jacks and
potentiometers.so,for a doepfer "barberpole effect",
you pay 1130$ for all these circuits
AND,mainly,physical components.for the buchla
barberpole,where do your $1500 go to the circuits,that
are the cheapest parts of a module ...please,don't
tell me that they use goldplated knobs and jacks ;-)
bakis.


--- Tim Stinchcombe
< timothy@... > wrote:

> > has anybody recognised that module 297 (infinite
> phase shifter) and
> 260
> > (duophonic pitch class generator) will be
> available from Buchla
> soon
> > There will be only a limited number. Price is
> $1500 for the 297 and
> > $1250 for the 260. Expensive.... :-(
>
> Yeah, saw them myself a while back, and also thought
> "Crikey,
> expensive!". On the other hand, to generate a
> Shepard tone with
> Doepfer modules takes an A-191 and 8 VCOs and VCAs,
> which with 110s
> and 132s comes to grand total of around $1130!
>
> The little LED 'barber pole' display looks like a
> fun gimmick though,
> and I bet that greatly adds to the cost, as it looks
> like it's made
> of discrete LEDs, which therefore must take a lot of
> component
> placement and soldering time, presumably by hand =
> costly! All in
> all, very difficult to judge just how much bang one
> gets for one's
> buck!
>
> Tim
>
>

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synthfreak(parallel worlds)
athens-greece
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