EMS VCF Failure/Happy Accident
A.S.P.
ms20 at itchy.serv.net
Tue Sep 24 20:58:00 CEST 1996
Last night I finished an EMS VCF clone, built it pretty much identical to
the design in the book (Sorry, don't know the title off hand), except
that I added a non inverting buffer/summer at the audio input. I pump in
a 2Khz squarewave, turn on power and look at the output on my scope - out
of control!!! I don't know how to describe what's happening, other than
the sound is closer to two VCOs crossmodulating than a VCF. Adjusting
the cutoff and resonance changes the sound from buzzy to raspy to
earsplitting buzzsaw, not the soft mellow filtering effect I'd expect. I
guess I've accidentally created a timbre modulator of sorts.
At this point I'm tempted to leave it as is and build another one that
does what it's supposed to.
Romeo
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