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Phisynth was immediately attracted to the Serge system, not only for its characteristic and raw sound, "the brutal sound of electrons”, but also for its highly aesthetic appearance.

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« Of course it is a closed system, but I immediately had the feeling that it was more of a real instrument, unlike Eurorack and its frantic race to the latest fashionable module, which never attracted me. The Serge, which consists of almost only basic modules, whose design has changed little since their invention in the ‘70, requires a patch programming approach to get the best out of it, which was the logical continuation of my work in Max/MSP, but with a much more immediate result. It is really intended for sound experimentation, which can obviously sometimes lead to disappointing results, but also to happy accidents, which is what I have always sought in my approach to sound, because I consider myself more as a sound explorer than a musician. In my opinion, there are obvious comparisons with Lego blocks, in relation to which I have always considered the basic 4 x 2 brick to be the ideal module for stimulating the imagination and building an infinite number of things, unlike specialised pieces like you see now, which only fulfil one function and which you never find anyway when you need them. My first Serge system was a leap into the unknown, it was composed of 4 STS M-modules : Creature, Quadslope, Waveshaper and Gator, later joined with a TKB. I think retrospectively it was the ideal system to start understanding Serge's philosophy, because it contained both sound generation tools, the infamous VCQF filter, logic modules (that I learned to love), waveshaping tools and 4 instances of what I believe to be the most essential module in the Serge world: the Universal Slope Generator, the paradigm of patch programming flexibility.
This system went through many iterations, then eventually evolved int a 8 “shop panels” system before I realised that it was actually too much, and understood my creativity was actually richer with less (Less IS actually More in the Serge world). So I reduced it to 4 shop panels, which I augmented with a TPS control panel I made with CGS PCB’s (my biggest venture into SDIY so far).
With this system, I have the feeling I have achieved the perfect balance for my needs.
Oh and did I mention that I'm in love with banana cables as well ? »

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from Modulisme Session 036, released February 21, 2021

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