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Title: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: StephenR on May 22, 2019, 01:16:47 PM

Interesting and funny news story with some Bay Area history...

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: lbpesq on May 22, 2019, 02:20:05 PM

Didn't Alembic offer this option back in the day?

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: rv_bass on May 22, 2019, 03:50:00 PM

:)

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: edwin on May 22, 2019, 04:23:35 PM

As soon as the story started, I knew it was going to be a Buchla!

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: Deltaphoenix on May 23, 2019, 09:18:37 AM

I saw this yesterday. The red panel legnd is true!

I have a buchla 200e and an Alembic - the dream team!

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: xlrogue6 on May 23, 2019, 12:12:26 PM

I spent many happy hours in the basement of Ives Hall at Sonoma State doing weird and wonderful things with a Buchla, much to the detriment of my actual academic work. I wonder how many of them found their way into the CSU system?

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: keith_h on May 24, 2019, 05:19:56 PM

The video has been removed

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: rv_bass on May 24, 2019, 05:27:27 PM

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4090496-repair-of-iconic-60s-era-synthesizer-turns-into-long-strange-trip-for-engineer/

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: pauldo on May 24, 2019, 06:25:40 PM

Quote from: rv_bass on May 24, 2019, 05:27:27 PM

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4090496-repair-of-iconic-60s-era-synthesizer-turns-into-long-strange-trip-for-engineer/

Thanks!

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: keith_h on May 25, 2019, 05:56:03 AM

Thank for the new link. A strange and humorous story.

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on May 25, 2019, 06:57:21 AM

They told us never to take acid, because we'd get flashbacks.

It's been almost 50 years now, and nary a one; we were promised flashbacks, dammit - we wuz robbed!!!

Peter

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: edwardofhuncote on May 25, 2019, 07:25:06 AM

Even the video got deleted.  ;D

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: dead_head on May 26, 2019, 10:37:38 AM

Thanks for posting the new link. Great story and video.  :o   

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: paulman on May 31, 2019, 07:18:18 AM

Ok so years ago someone on this forum posted a video of a little electronic thingy making music on it's own.  This took me down a serious rabbit hole and I entered the world of Analog Synthesis.   In research I found this great little video of a presentation given by the owner of an analog synth company about the precursors to the Buchla 100 and analog synthesis in general.  If you ignore the first part about the inventor of the transistor (interesting but twisted) you'll get to the Buchla part, and the Kesey part!  I was pretty amazed at the connection. 


I never though it would be relevant here, but you should watch it.  It makes me wonder if there is a connection between Buchla and Alembic filters on Bass and Guitar for some reason. 

Title: Re: KPIX Engineer Accidentally Dosed By LSD While Repairing Vintage Synthesizer
Post by: pauldo on May 31, 2019, 02:47:23 PM

Roger, that was rather interesting, thanks for the find.
Now I know why I should give a Schmitt!   :o