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Buck Buchanan buchanan at qualcomm.com
Sat Feb 20 02:16:43 CET 1999


At 02:14 PM 2/19/99 -0500, Gene Zumchak wrote:

Welcome to the list Gene! 

>2.  There are some common needs for anyone building their own analog
>synth.  Has anyone ever investigated putting some of the stuff on a
>custom chip?  With a group as big as this (almost 600 members), if
>everyone tossed in $10, there would be $5000 to finance the chip.  It
>need not be complex, or even include op amps.  Of course, there might be
>some disagreement about what should be on it.  Specifically, I would
>like to see the Moog LP ladder with its exponential transistor current
>source (preferably heated) and a heated section with perhaps three or
>four free current sources to use for VCO or VCLFO's.  The actual


I have not the knowlege nor the rescources to make this happen but if it
might all ever come together, you can count on me for $10!  Does it really
only cost 5 grand to get a chip going?  I always figured it was way WAY out
of reach.... (not that 5 grand's cheap but you know what i mean).

Take it easy,

Buck



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