Thought I put up a post on this already, but apparently I only mentioned it here. Note this is from Peter Grenader of Plan B."Simply put, once the Gizmotron is installed, the center position will become null (no VC), clockwise from there will process your VC positively (like a 'normal' VC attenuator), and counter-clockwise from center will process your VC negatively (inverted), much like most of the VC processing on Buchla and Serge systems and some on Modcan."
Title link takes you there.
How about calling it an OP AMP?
ReplyDeleteI'll sell my "OP AMP" rare unpopulated, original, first edition, no longer produced Gizmotron PCB's for $100 ea. Think of what they'll be worth in 30 years! E-mail for more info.
ReplyDeleteInteresting choice of name, and perhaps not a good one if one is superstitious. Gizmotron was the name used for a device developed by Godley and Creme, then of 10CC, in the mid '70s. It used spinning discs to bow the strings of a guitar, giving it infinite sustain. They eventually made an agreement with the US company Musitronics, who owned Mu Tron at the time, to mass produce them, but production problems quickly killed the device.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the Godley & Creme device was just the "Gizmo" without the "tron".
ReplyDeleteI chose the name Gimotron because "Positive to Bipolar Attenuation Converter' seemed a bit long-winded! You can still get the info on these here:
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But then you'd be closer to Buchla. Joking of course. : )
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