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The '''Serge synthesizer''' aka '''Serge Modular Music System''' or '''Serge Modular system''' is an analogue [[modular synthesizer]] originally designed by CalArts professor [[Serge Tcherepnin]], beginning in 1974.
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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 ===▼
▲== Paperface ==
The original Serge panel was pre-drilled aluminum with panel art on paper glued on and covered with protective [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoPET mylar film].<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><ref>[http://www.cgs.synth.net/synth/serge/ Classic Serge], CGS</ref>
== Intention ==
Unlike other synthesizer systems with components designed to control the basics of musical sounds, such as [[pitch]], duration, [[amplitude envelope]], [[timbre]]. The intent of the Serge system is that the electronics speaks for itself. It makes interesting (although "un-musical") functions such as positive slew, negative slew, peak and trough, comparators, processors, wave shapers, etc. available .<ref>[http://www.elby-designs.com/webtek/euro-serge/documentation/book_1.pdf Foreword by Serge Tcherepnin], ''A guide to the Euro-Serge Modular Synthesizer'' by Laurie Biddulph.</ref> Typically Serge modules are multipurpose, e.g. the [[Serge TKB]] is a touch activated keyboard, analogue programmer and sequencer, while the [[Serge Universal Slope Generator]] can serve as an [[envelope generator]], [[slew processor]], [[LFO]], [[VCO]], [[frequency divider]], [[lowpass VCF]], [[trigger/gate delay]], or [[envelope follower]].<ref name="vail"/>
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