CEM3310s for sale

[tomg]

Hey Tony, I gotta tell ya that I hate the 3310. Not because 
it's not a good VC-ADSR when it works it's wonderful. I
started my DIY efforts about what??? 3 years ago now,
with 6 3310s I now have 2. They won't stand up to modular
use and they don't just die they usually flake first....anyway
if you plan on using them modular you need to take extra
special care and put huge walls around everything and 
when you consider all those extra opamps for each input
and opamps for current drivers there goes your small
footprint. They aren't so bad about self destruction inside 
something where you can't get to it. I'm sure your mono will 
be a happy home.....but I would use something else and do 
these days...guess that's why I have 2 left....;-)  One more
thing do not put these things in sockets. Chip creep can
kill them. Solder directly to the board and say  incantations
over it......nom yo ho ren gay ko......nom yo ho ren gay ko

Juergen published the core a while back. Thank you VERY
much Mr Haible. I know it's a pain to cobble all that stuff 
together but in the long run it's not going to fail. When you
think about it not that much more real estate.  I recommend 
that anybody that owns a synth that has 3310s in it buy those 
3310s for spares. 

The 3310 is not the only one. The 3360 is actually worse
about going headlong into the toilet. Makes me wonder if
they use the same scheme? Probably. Harry can add these
2 to the list.

I'm not out to hurt or piss anybody off, or anything! This 
is my personal experience with them and my personal 
opinion.Your mileage may vary.

Tom



> >Can anyone tell me if the 3310's are likely to go?
> 
> I am currently rebuilding my monosynth which currently has four 3310s in
> it. I am redesigning the ADSRs with ordinary stuff. Although I have
> found the CEM3340 to be the most unreliable of the CEM chips I use, the
> 3310 is in shorter supply, so grab your stocks now.
> 
> Many people used to talk about reintroduction of the 3340, and although
> this is nigh on impossible, it is the 3310 I would want back. A good
> VC-ADSR is hard to build that small.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tony Allgood  Penrith, Cumbria, England
> 
> Oakley Modular Synth and TB3030:
> www.techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk/projects.htm
> My music: www.mp3.com/taklamakan
> 
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