differences in VCA chips?

[Thomas Hudson]

I just received some samples of the SSM2164 Quad VCA.
http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=SSM2164

Has anyone worked with this chip? Does anyone know the
availability? It seems to have really good specs.

Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl]On Behalf Of Andrew Schrock
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 9:50 AM
> To: Yoshiki Ohmura (Yoshi)
> Cc: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: Re: differences in VCA chips?
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> On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Yoshiki Ohmura (Yoshi) wrote:
> > I have some SSM2020's, 2022's, CA3080, and can get some CEM3360's. Now I
> > was wondering what is the difference between these (besides the
> price).  I
> > would rather stick with the 3080 or 3360 because i can still get those,
> > and preferable use th 3080 becuase its dirt cheap ;)  but is there a
> > quality difference?
>
> I find CEM stuff to be quite nice. As a final VCA, 3080 and its ilk are
> unacceptable to me right now. As an amp VCA for, say, an LFO or whatever,
> a 3080 is fine. You are correct about the price though.. it's nice to
> throw together a VCA with a total cost of about $3.
>
> SSM stuff I just wouldn't use due to their impossibility to find. Ditto
> for the CEM chips. (although currently they're supported pretty well by
> synthtech, so i'm a bit less apprehensive about using them) See my
> previous email to the list about non-SSM/CEM VCA designs, a few ideas were
> tossed aorund in that thread which may prove useful to you.
>
> Andrew
>
> | Andrew Schrock							|
> | Network Programmer, Synthesizer and electronic music enthusiast	|
> | aschrock at cs.brandeis.edu						|
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