Moog synthesizers

[Andrew Schrock]

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, jh wrote:
> >As to Memorymoog's not having s&h or ring mod, think 
> >again.  Sample and Hold is in the modulation section, and the third 
> >oscillator can modulate other oscillators, filter etc at audio and sub audio 
> >frequencies, with or without keyboard tracking, much better than typical ring 
> >mod.  
> I never looked close enough at a Memorymoog to know if it has AM and/or
> Ring Mod or not (there are other reasons why I don't like it that much ...),
> but FM surely cannot be a substitute for ring modulation.

Some synths can pull off a reasonable emulation... admittedly the sound
isn't quite the same, but for adding a little edge to a patch it does just
fine. For instance with the pulse the small mod matrix makes up for its
lack of ring mod... I don't miss it. 

> I'm aware that most people think of weird noise when they hear ring mod, and
> I'm sure the Memorymoogs modulation capabilities are more effective
> for that than a simple ring modulator. But I would never want to go without 
> the subtle sub-audio AM I can easily throw in on the CS-50 and the OB-8.

For those keeping track.. my cdrom burning PC is a success; I can copy cds
quickly (15 mins for a full CD) on my PC. Maybe we'll see a small run of
buchla sample cds by mid-summer after all.. (!) I can do CDs dirt cheap
now in small runs, which was one of the problems I was encountering
getting them pressed by companies. 

later, 
Andrew

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