SAD-1024 delay Q.

[KA4HJH]

>From what I've heard, the Reticon chips are capable of far wider delay
>time sweeps than the Panasonic chips.  The ADA flanger originally used a
>Reticon chips to achieve super wide sweep ranges (35:1); it had to be
>substantially redesigned to accomodate the narrower sweep of the
>Panasonic chips.

The PAiA HyperFlanger pushes the 1024 to it's limit, well under a ms.

>
>BTW, anyone know what analog delay chips were used in the Marshall Time
>Machine?  That device was supposedly capable of extreme sweeps (100:1).

I seem to remember that the Electric Mistress used some kind of BBD based
some other technology--CCD, if my memory is intact. Not sure about the
Marshall.

>Anyway, for the reverb, a Panasonic chip would probably do the job just
>fine.  The Reticon chips should probably be sought out primarily for
>swept-delay functions, where wide sweep ranges are important.

Exactly. Now go break the rules.

BTW, Midwest Analog Products still had a few 4096's left the last time I
checked, at a fraction of what they used to cost.

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"