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== History ==
In the early 70's Serge Tcherepnin began to design and build synthesizers while teaching at California Institute of the Arts. Before long, other professors, students, and musicians became interested in these new synthesizers. Serge set up an odd manufacturing arrangement where interested people paid $700 up front for parts, then worked for him building modules. When done, they were rewarded with a six-panel system of their own.<ref name="kscs">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160806034511f/http://www.cgs.synth.net/synth/serge/index.html Classic Serge]
In 1992 Serge production and intellectual property were taken over by [[Sound Transform Systems]] (STS) of Oakland, California, founded by [[Rex Probe]] in 1984.<ref name="vail">''Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers'' by Mark Vail, Backbeat Books, 2000, {{ISBN|0879306033}}</ref>
=== Paperface ===
A few different methods of panel marking were tried, and the one settled on for some of the early units was to print (photocopy?) the panel markings onto a piece of paper, one per module. These were then stuck on the 17" x 7" aluminium panels that were pre-drilled with a grid of 1" (5 HP) centre to centre spaced holes, irrespective of whether all holes would be needed. The top edge of these pieces of paper folded over on to the back of the panel, and contained brief markings to help wiring the jacks of the module in question to its circuit board. All of the pieces of paper were then covered over with a single piece of adhesive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoPET mylar film] or "Contact" type book covering film.<ref name="kscs"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140318163136/http://www.coa-modular.com/2012/06/03/what-and-why-paperface/ What and Why Paperface?], coa-modular, 3 Jun 2012</ref>
== Intention ==
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== Patching ==
Serge uses [[Connectors#Banana_plugs_vs._other_plugs|banana jacks]] for patching.<ref name="vail"/> The Serge connector color scheme is more about the type signal than its function but with some flexibility e.g. some CVs can go negative. Many black inputs are AC coupled, but most black outputs are not.<ref name="maint">[https://www.
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== External links ==
* [http://www.carbon111.com/sergebook.zip ''An introduction to the serge modular music system''] by Rich Gold with Darrel Johansen and Marina LaPalma
* ''[http://www.elby-designs.com/webtek/euro-serge/documentation/book_1.pdf A guide to the Euro-Serge Modular Synthesizer]'' by Laurie Biddulph, in eight parts. Updated and expanded from ''An introduction to the Serge Modular Music System'' by Rich Gold with Darrel Johansen and Marina LaPalma.
* [http://www.serge-fans.com/ Egres – The unofficial Serge web site]
* [http://www.carbon111.com/serge_index.html Carbon111's Serge Modular Index]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160608101311/http://www.serge.synth.net/ Serge Modular Music System] information collated by [[Ken Stone]]
* [https://www.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150820064004/http://www.coa-modular.com/ COA]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_synthesizer Serge synthesizer], Wikipedia
* [https://archive.org/details/synthmanual_Serge_Series_79_catalogue Serge Series 79 catalogue]
* An early [https://archive.org/details/synthmanual_Serge_catalogue_early Serge catalogue]
* [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SergeModular/info Serge modular owners group]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190427053036/http://serge.synth.net/documents/kit_index.html Original Serge kit instructions]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210722001640/http://serge.synth.net/documents/1976sergemanual.pdf Serge graphic symbols], Introduction to the use of the Serge Modular Music System, 1976, p. 14
=== Kits ===
* [http://www.elby-designs.com/webtek/euro-serge/euro-serge.htm EuroSerge Series] kits by [[ELBY Designs]]
* [http://randomsource.net/ Random*Source DIY Serge kits]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170430151727/http://cgs.synth.net/ CGS]
[[Category:American brands]]
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