1/2010 Nearly every PCB/circuit is from Ken Stone at CGS. The exceptions are the Jim Patchell Vocal Filter and the 20 stage digital programmer by yours truly. The remaining set of 8X8 switches are for programmable gate outs from the Milton sequencer. Never bothered counting up all the modules, something like 11 CGS48 VCOs, 3 CGS59 Programmers, 2 Bi-n-tic filters, about 10 mixers of various types, 8 VCAs, Matrix Mixer, Weighted Random Switch, Analogue Switch Matrix and pretty much at least one of everything else ....and joystick, reverb tank, Touch keyboard/switch, early Serge stuff - Peak&Trough, Neg Slew, etc.

The wood is from the side of the road, some of the panels, frames, 28X8 matrix of push switches and most of the pots came from a huge old 70s Poul Kirk Electronics studio mixer (now known as Elan Audio). The mixer had been pushed out of a 2nd floor window when the studio went bust.



The white synth on the top left uses two dead pooter cases as panels. The bottom section is a Klee sequencer (on veroboard). The upper half has EN thru-0-VCO, three early Serge LM3900 VCOs (from Houshu's blog), Buchla LPG clone, Tillman Quadrature trapezoid oscillator, some chaos circuits based on Sprott designs, Q&D VCF and the usual hangers-on. Originally it was an experiment and had no panel markings or labels. Just black circles on output jacks and red on inputs. Lasted about a month before I got out some markers and labelled everything, it was just annoying. Its a good synth but needs a makeover.






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