--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "mritenburg" <mritenburg@y...>
wrote:

> > > advantage of the a111 expansion module in combination
> > > to the a111 triangle output would be,for sure, the
> > > better tracking.(i think the a111+expander combi will
> > > track for 7 or more octaves ,as the a111 does, and not
> > > for only 4 octaves)
> > > as for the sound and exact features compared to the
> > > buchla 259,i don't know yet.
> > > bakis.
>
>
> Having first hand experience with Buchla 259s, I will just say that
> tracking is not everything. There are features to the design,

range

> and performance of the 259 that far outweigh any short comings in
> tracking. As Peter Grenader points out for his VCO based on the
> Buchla 258 "It's designed use is more geared toward 'what goes up,
> may go sideways' electronic music and not so much for realizing

your

> favorite Bach tocatta. There are scads of VCOs on the market for

this

> already. While they may track to a larger range, cannot conjure the
> timbral pleasures of the Model 15."
>
> I say vote for the 259!
>
> Matthew

hello matthew,

good point :-)

best wishes

ingo