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Description	The Sili-Con Cello is a very unique Buchla (circa 1978-79) consisting of five 200 series modules plus a prototype A.I. binary counter module in the upper left-hand corner. Encased in a 203-8 Portable case with a model 214 power supply, the other modules include the 281 Quad Function Generator, the 292C Quad Lowpass Gate, the 266 Source of Uncertainty, the 259 Complex Wave Generator and the 270 Preamplifier. The Sili-Con was designed as an interactive synth to respond to performance gestures from acoustic instruments. Using a microphone connected through a preamp and envelope generator, control voltages and gate signals could be generated from acoustic sounds and used to control the synth. The unique binary counter module interprets the CV and gate signals and 'plays' the synth by instructing it to generate musical sounds. The name comes from the fact that it was made for a cellist (Ami Radunskaya) to use in a piece called "Sili-Con Cello".
Brand	Buchla
Model	Sili-Con Cello
Device	Synth
Type	Desktop
Engine Type	Analog
Engine	VCO
Voices (max)	1
Multitimbral	1
Oscillators	*
Keys	0
Key type	N/A
Velocity	N/A
Aftertouch	N/A
Produced:	1978 - 1979

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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