Paperface 50 | Serge Origins | Episode 01 | Visual Language

Foreword.
I made this series as a documentary. A 'how it was done 50 years ago'. So it's not about luring you into the exclusive 4U world, it's more a tutorial about making cool sounds with very limited resources.
I agreed to make a tutorial series if I could borrow the set for a week. Feel free to skip it, but I hope you'll check it out if you have a few spare minutes.

This is the first video of a seven episode playlist. It features the Paperface 50 'Helios' and 'Tempo di Roma' panels which are part of the 50th anniversary release and updated by Serge himself. These are the designs that started it all back in '70-71.

Serge used pre-drilled grid panels where all kinds of DIY circuits could be added. The front was made of a paper template where you could write down your labels. Commercial designs followed, where the typical flowchart symbols were used. This video tries to explain what they mean.

I will not be doing more 4U videos because this channel is focused on eurorack only, and focus is important. However, I recently committed to a lot of Serge euro modules and the Paperface started this fever. I was completely unfamiliar with Serge except for his contribution to Maths. So this is a bit like an 'origin' story and a tutorial for those who are interested in Serge. All episodes can be used to learn what the Eurorack modules have to offer.