I'm sorry too, reading my original reply I may have been being a bit of
an ass with the tone of my questions.

Interestingly enough, the Doepfer A149 is remake of (part of ) the
buchla 266 module.
The graphics on the 266 panel should look familiar if you've seen the
149-1.
http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/Buchla/source_of_uncertainty.htm

And according to this article, the 200 series modules were made from
1970-1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchla_200_series_Electric_Music_Box

so maybe this module is part of the classic period you're interested in
(well, the late end of it....)

On Thu, May 3, 2012, at 03:12 AM, codotinc wrote:
>
>
> Sorry -- I just find it tacky when words like 'fetishist' get thrown into
> the conversation. I've been *actively* performing and recording
> electronic music for more than 15 years, and while I may be new to analog
> synths in the larger scheme (like probably 95% of us), I'm not uninformed
> about electronic music. With my modular I want to make electronic music
> based on the systems which would be found in a modular from the 'classic
> period' of electronic music, i.e. 1960s-1970s. Yes, pioneers like Barry
> Vercoe and Denis Smalley used early computer technology, but for the most
> part, digital technology wasn't widely used in electronic instruments
> until the 1980s. I can't come even close to affording an original
> instrument from the time period of my interest, so -- like so many of us
> in this field -- I am building one from newly-built/-designed components.
>
> I don't want computers in my modular. I've used tons of digital effects
> (you can't beat a long dead-clean digital delay), I record onto a
> computer. But for this ONE instrument, I want to constrain myself to a
> certain set of parameters which are -- to me -- *not* 'arbitrary'. And to
> try to make the best music I can within those limits.
>
>
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