AW: Formant (and jbv!)

[bj]

Haible Juergen wrote:
> 

> Strange, isn't it?
> 
> I ran into the same thing with the SSM2024 quad VCA, some time ago.
> There was a new VCA announced which should replace the 2024 in "most"
> applications (with gilbert inputs, but expo CV, so ...), and so I mailed
> AD
> about the future of the 2024.
> 
> They answered that it was still available and was still produced, but
> they
> can't tell how long it will be available, because of the little demand.
> Well, demand won't exactly increase on parts where the customer is left
> in doubt if they will be continued ...
> This was the point when I decided *not* to use them in my JH-4 synth,
> though I consider the 2024's sound very close to the discrete design I
> chose instead.
> JH.

Hmm.. the new vca is the 2164 i asume...

I use the 2164 that are going to replace the 2024 in 
the near future as AD have told mee!
This part allow you to using it as a A or AB device in the
amplifier performance wwith just a programming resistor..

I do find the 2164 sounding exelent and performing 
nicely and not to expensive for a Quad VCA...

AD in USA and Denemark an Germany are OK but AD in sweden are crap....
In speaking off suport from AD's offices...

BJ