Also, a totally pointless comparison, but other things apply apart from synthesis capability.
She said "what happened to that little black box you had? it fitted in the car, you used to play it in London when I was at my hospital appointments, you really enjoyed it, why don’t you get another one? you need something to do while you’re there"
I didn’t tell her how much the first one cost, I think she thought it was £300.
I’m now investigating other self-contained instruments that are vaguely affordable, the only one that’s caught my eye is the Subharmonicon, but it’s got one drawback compared with the Easel, it’s not a nice little black box, with a lid, so no boxes ticked on my partners behalf.
The only other option would be an EMS Synthi AKS, that would keep her happy, but only until she saw the price, the Buchla seems cheap in comparison, with the. Subharmonicon coming in as the only realistic solution, and even then, it’s expensive in my book,
Another dilemma, I’m getting so used to finding stuff cheap, and I’m holding out, hoping to find an EMS or a Buchla in my local charity shop, but maybe I’m being a bit too hopeful.
