I always love watching old, square white people talk about drugs and tripping.
at last i understood why vintage synths are so xpensive.
Aha, this is gold
“Dowsed”
“It’s been cleaned of all LSD” now it sounds like a Casio
This kind of thing is interesting, I heard a rumour that the PCBs of Buchla were dipped in LSD to supposedly add mojo to the electrons whizzing through the circuits, I always assumed it was just an urban legend. Also certain dub and reggae artists were known to expose tapes to weed smoke, gives a new meaning to baking tape
Some old Sequential Circuits gear had psychedelic images on the PCBs.
I thought it was funny how the reporter posed as if she were playing the Buchla. That’s cheesy af.
Ah! The “How do you do, fellow kids” of local journalists
I really need to open up my Prophet 600 to have a look (and it’s also been broken for 20+ years…)
Legalize Psychedelics!!!
Probably some fungi growing out of the CEMs I shouldn’t wonder.
The Pro-One definitely has substantial graphics on the PCB. I’ve opened mine before and seen them first hand.
You’ll find these 2 on the Pro-One board:
The buddha is printed, of course, and the shrooms are solder if I recall.
I wonder if Mutable Instruments drew any inspiration from this?
Funny thing is, I found this in the 90s when you didn’t have much in the way of internet resources for this kind of stuff. I was surprised but then not entirely, given the nature of the Pro-One.
Oh, and I’m kind of skeptical that LSD could remain shelf stable around heat and oxygen for that long. LOL.
I heard Denver decriminalized mushrooms…
Uh-oh.
LOL. Exactly.
This hurts.
Hertz?
My 6-trak has some mushrooms in it!
Edit: or is it the pro one ? Anyway, i’ve never licked the PCB