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"The Metasonix T1 is an ultra rare piece. Only 10 in existence. this model is serial number #2 of 10.
This T1 is preowned but in absolutely pristine condition.
Includes:
original PSU, original owner's manual, product box and replacement tubes.
From the Metasonix T1 owner's manual:
The T1 is our FLAGSHIP instrument! Our best/worst! It is an intentionally primitive device, using late 1950s technology for the entire signal path. Do not expect it to sound or behave like a Moooooog! Do not expect it to sound or behave like a copycat machine trying to sound like a Mooooooooooooooog! Do not furiously twist the knobs in search of the 1980s DX7 tone. F*** you and f*** the 1980s! Oh, and PS: there are no presets!
So, let's put it in terms even a musician might possibly absorb.
Think of the T1 as a primitive box containing 3 screaming children, being punched in the face to the rhythm of the internal sequencer or user supplied (this means you!) control-voltage source. These screaming voices are generated by the thyratron VCOs that are staring at you right now (you do like to read the manual while you have the unit in front of you, right?) The VCOs are modified RK7 modules, okay?
The knobs control the amount of strangle of the screaming voice. Turn them to the right for higher pitched screaming, and turn to the left for a tighter strangle and more choking. They go thru a mixer/mangler similar to the RK3 module, thence thru a bandpass filter similar to the RK4, then to a lowpass filter/LPG similar to the RK6. Finally there is a pentode VCA on the output, and one envelope generator to control either it or the LPG, selectable by the toggle switch between the LPG and envelope. There is only ONE envelope on this bastard thing, because it’s supposed to be as primitive as possible. If you want to sweep the filter or suchlike, or you want an 'LFO' thing, use the sequencer to do it. Or use external control-voltage sources. There were no such things as “envelope generators” or “LFOs” in the 1950s.
'I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.' – Werner Herzog"
I may have figured it out. Today's generation are punishing themselves for the sins of all previous generations, a full cultural self flagellation, and machines like this are the focus of the punishment, the means of torture for universal masochism. The noise that is today's so-called music is not random nor merely disordered amateurish chaos, but is designed to inflict the maximum amount of pain and suffering on the greatest number in the hopes of some sort of vindication or forgiveness by whatever passes for a divine order these days. Only, there won't be any. That's the punchline.
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