Allinaire appears on new Album celebrating 50 years of Serge Modular synthesisers

 I am very happy that my Serge track 'Wilson', featuring the famous rare Wilson Analog Delay (WAD) module and the Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer (TKB), has been featured on a new Album :

Welcome to Serge -o- Voxes # 5 celebrating 50 years since the creation of the SERGE « the People’s Synthesizer».

Compositions gathered of various musicians playing their Serge systems as an homage for Serge Tcherepnin, the inventor of the Serge Modular.

Play the music here and download the tracks here.

https://modulisme.bandcamp.com/album/modulisme-session-083

https://modular-station.com/modulisme/session/83/




Track 29. Allinaire – Wilson (04:00)

The track is called ‘Wilson’ as it heavily features my favorite Serge module the ‘WAD – Wilson Analog Delay’.
The WAD is a rare module featuring several vintage bucket brigade delay chips giving a wide range of delay from karpus strong type effects to flanging and traditional echo. It also has great voltage controlled delay time, feedback and filtering capabilities providing an extensive range of tones. I particularly like it for its use in experimental sound design and feedback patching and the fact that it has several inputs and outputs that can be used simultaneously.
As an instrument my Serge gives me the greatest level of synthesist flexibility, I like how it provides fundamental building block modules such as the Universal Slope Generator which can be used for multiple functions from lfo’s, clocks, slews to a full 1v/o oscillator. For me Serge really promotes more experimental and non-traditional patching, which I love. I like the form factor and aesthetic too.
The 4U size is easier to play live than the often cramped Eurorack equivalents and the Banana cables are a joy to use and makes stacking so much easier. The Serge is certainly an analog instrument and that is obvious in its warm and organic tone but it has some very powerful modules which allow a huge range of sounds and techniques.
This track also features the Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer ‘TKB’ – a whole panel devoted to manual and sequenced voltages which can be played live in so many interesting combinations, again with multiple input and outputs. I think the TKB is still unmatched as a hands-on sequencer in the modular world.
Overall Serge is a very inspiring synth to work with, whether you have just one panel or a full selection.


Also features as a live video on the Allinaire YouTube channel here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVwYynHPns


Thanks to Jondent for the use of his WAD Serge Panel.

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