hello matthew,
that's what i said to dieter!you can't have
everything.i,too,prefer the buchla 259 module,even if
it track for about 4 octaves only.but dieter was a bit
sceptical,if such a vco would make any proper
sales,so,please,vote in our new poll,to show him if
you really want such a vco with 4 octave
tracking!otherwise we will have to settle for an a111
expander module that ,in combination with the a111
triangle output, will produce similar ( ) sounds to
the buchla 259,possibly,but it will track properly for
many octaves,of course.
bakis.




--- mritenburg < mritenburg@... > 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
>
>

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Bakis Siros
Parallel Worlds / Polariton
Athens-Greece
1 group owner
http://www.shimarecords.co.uk
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