AW: AW: VCO-1C

[BJ]

Haible Juergen wrote:
> 
>         >Polysix also uses such VCA (with two transistors) and it sounds
> rather
>         >noisy to me (even with effect section turned off),but IMO it's not
>         >so bad in final mix.
> 
> Same for the Mono/Poly. It's grat for all kind of Lead sounds,
> and you won't notice the noise. But for low bass sounds, or
> dark pad sounds, a good VCA makes a great difference.
> Not just in theory - I made a direct A / B comparison with
> two different VCAs in the same synth.
> I've sold it some years ago, unfortunately.
> 
> > > BTW, there's a 1-transistor and a 2-transistor version of this Korg-VCA,
> > > and they have very different transfer courves when overdriven.
> > > (1-transistor version is only clipping one side of the signal)
> >
> >
>         >as in MS20 (old version with korg vcf chip uses 1,and ota version
> vcf
>         >uses 2
>         >transistors in VCA). But it sounds so great to me (ota version)...
> 
> The OTA version is one thing that's high on my list for things
> to build.
> I have the old version (with two Korg-35 modules) as a standalone
> module (Part of JH-3 Modular), *without* the VCA, and it sounds
> very similar to the MS-20 I used to own. So my guess is most
> of the MS-20 overdrive sound is due to the filter, and not the VCA.
> (But I have no real A / B test in that case. Sold my MS-20 before
> I finished the JH-3 Module, if memory serves ...)
> BTW, this standalone filter is noisy as hell, too, so in the MS-20
> a "better" VCA would be overkill. The SSM2044 filter synths
> from Korg are a different thing. Imagine the bass power of a Trident
> MKII, if it wasn't for the noise !
> 
> JH.

I heard a story once, it was a interwiew with the Korg designer 
who had designed all those old Korg machines, and his personal favorite 
was the Monopolly!
Personally i dont like the way the ADRS behaves in the MP!

Well, i still dont think that the JX3P or the MS20 (later) are noisy.

BJ
(in the land of noise!)