vectorboards?

[Andrew Schrock]

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Jim Johnson wrote:
> OK, time to be naive and perhaps a little incredulous:
> 
> >> So far, no problems with flakey circuits.
> >
> >   Hey!  I use these too!  They are cheap and work really well.  Even the 
> >VCO's I did on them work without any problems.  :)
> 
> Do you really end up with low noise, clean circuits by doing this? I gather
> then that most of the circuits you're working on are not too sensitive to
> board layout.. even VCO's? 
> 
> Ad hoc comments on this issue are welcome - when I eventually get around to
> building my modular, I want it to be reliable and low-noise - something I
> can spend my time playing rather than repairing...

I've built VCF's and the like just for playing around with on vectorboard
and haven't had much trouble. There is _a little_ noise, yes, but (IMO) 
certainly no more than on any vintage analog such as the korg ms-20. I was
more concerned with the longevity of the circuits I am going to build. 

Thanks for so many responses.. looks like I'll be raiding radio shack soon
to pick up a bunch more of these to play around with. 

I will say that I'm a little wary of building a 3340 VCO on vectorboard,
but that's more a problem with the fact that the circuit's relatively
large than a problem with the method of construction; I just have to go
slowly and be careful. 

Andrew