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'''Serge Tcherepnin''', born 2 February 1941 in France and raised there, is an American composer and electronic-instrument builder who created the [[Serge synthesizer]].
 
== Biography ==
Between 1966 and 1968 Serge worked at the studio for electronic music of the Cologne Hochschule für Musik. From 1968 he directed the electronic studio of New York University. Starting in 1970 he taught composition and electronic music at the School of Music, California Institute of the Arts. In 1973 together with a number of people formed the People's Synthesizer Project. A mutual self-help project to build a synthesizer that they could all afford. This evolved into [[Serge Modular Music Systems]], Serge's company.<ref>[http://www.warrenburt.com/my-history-with-music-tech2/ Warren Burt - My History With Music Technology Part 2: San Diego]</ref> In 1992 Serge decided to move back to France and ''Rex (Probe) was offered to continue the Serge tradition (including the tools of production) at no cost.''<ref>Comment by Serge Tcherepnin on facebook, 23 Dec 2015</ref>. Rex then founded [[Sound Transform Systems]]. Since 2004 Serge has been working with [[Ken Stone]] of [[CGS]] who offers his designs on [[PCB]]s for the DIY community, and in 2013 briefly with [[TipTop Audio]] on a line of synthesizer modules for the [[Eurorack]] format.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Serge Tcherepnin]] (Marshall, Ingram. 1975. "New Music at Cal Arts: The First Four Years (1970-741970–74)." ''Numus'' 2, no. 1 (Winter): 52–60.)</ref><ref>[http://www.serge-fans.com/history.htm History], The unofficial Serge synthesizer web site</ref> Since 2013 Serge has been working with [[Laurie Biddulph]] of [[Elby Designs]] and Ken Stone to produce a line of synthesizer modules for the [[Eurorack]] format.
 
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Marshall, Ingram. 1975. "New Music at Cal Arts: The First Four Years (1970-741970–74)." ''Numus'' 2, no. 1 (Winter): 52–60.
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.serge-fans.com/index.htm The unofficial Serge synthesizer web site]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SergeModular/info Serge Modular Owners Group]
 
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