Expo convertors with tubes ?

[Doug Tymofichuk]

On Sat, 11 Dec 99 07:38:12 Scott Gravenhorst 
<chordman at flash.net> wrote:

> "Debby and Gene Stopp" <squarewave at jps.net> wrote:
> 
> >May it be justifiable to "pollute" the pure-tube concept 
> just >a bit in order to gain the synthesis advantages of 
> wide-range tracking >oscillators?
> 
> IMHO:  For the life of me, I don't get the purist thing at 
> all. A circuit that makes a beautiful sound is a good 
> circuit.

In my tube percussion synth I will be using tubes whenever 
possible in the signal path, because I like the way that 
they sound. If I can easily use tubes in other parts of the 
circuit such as control, power supply, etc., then I will 
for the fun of it. But if it is difficult or impractical to 
use tubes, then I am very happy to use solid state. I would 
rather spend my time designing and building some novel new 
tube effect circuit than trying to invent, for example, a 
tube ADSR when a solid state unit will do the job just as 
well.

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Doug Tymofichuk
dougt at cancerboard.ab.ca