Regular price CAD$6,590.00
The legendary Serge Paperface series is back and available for the 50th anniversary as "Paperface 50" reissue based on the original circuits. This system compiles the Helios and the Tempo Di Roma Panel plus accessories.
When Serge Tcherepnin, Rich Gold and Randy Cohen developed the first Serge Modular systems at the California Institute Of Arts in the early seventies and sold the "Tcherepnins" out of its garage, it was like the famous "jump into cold water" for the three developers. 50 years later, the legendary Paperface series from 72/73 returns with the original circuits. Serge Tcherepnin himself added and refined the VCOs to keep up with the times, including temperature-compensated 1/V octave inputs, PWM, a new metronomic clock and balanced outputs.
The Serge Paperface 50 system consists of two panels. Panel 1 is the Paperface TKB , the extended version of Serge's famous Touch Keyboard now with a front panel in Paperface optics. Technically it is identical to the regular 4U version. In addition to the original features, it offers:
- Glide function: when turned on, row B controls the amount of Glide for output A
- Buffered GATE outputs
- LEDs indicating the vertical stage
- Vertical Reset
- precision KEY V output calibrated to semitones
- (optional) key priority
- maximum sensitivity / smooth Pressure output
The TKB panel comes built and calibrated in a superslim boat and is designed to be powered externally (e.g. with a mobile PSU).
Panel 2 of the system is the powerful Serge Helios panel. It delivers the brute-powerful, sometimes boisterous Serge sound in fresh perfection and offers an exciting basis for experimental sound adventures. The Serge redesign of the two VCOs from 1973 offers temperature compensation as well as exceptional tracking over six(+) octaves. The Oscillator+ also features a pulse output with pulse width modulation.
Both panels are manufactured in a supe- slim boat with noble wooden side panel finish and are delivered pre-calibrated. Power is supplied via the Mobile PSU power supply including Meanwell AC/DC adapter (please do not use any other adapter!) and XLR-4 cable (all included).
Please Note:
This is a 4U banana jack synthesizer - not eurorack. Banana cables are not included.