Holtek "Voice Echo" chip

[Aaron Cram]

Hairy Harry wrote:

> Hi Y'all
> >From: "Paul Maddox" <Paul.Maddox at wavesynth.com>
> >To: "Synth DIY LIST" <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> >Subject: Re: Holtek "Voice Echo" chip
> >Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:39:23 -0000
>
> <snip>
> >If its like the 8955 DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY/TIME
> >
> >The 8955 I had was horrid, really really buzzy and unless you had a REAL
> >short delay you could hear clock all over the output..
>
> Gosh Paul... is that so bad ??? Maybe we could use them to
> emulate (oh....) a BBD ???
>
> H^)  harry (who gets flamed when HE says these things about BBDs)
>
> >
> >Paul Maddox
> >
> >
>
> _____________________________

Actually, I'm hoping that the 8970 chip is really cheap and sounds better
than a typical BBD.  Maybe I'm being too optimistic, though.
(When you can get a Lexicon MPX-100 for $200, DIY delay effects are probably
not worth the trouble anyway...)

I checked Digi-Key's web site and didn't find it, but I'll try e-mailing them
to see if they can get it.  (If it's cheap.)


-Aaron