ultimate newie starting DIY-ing

[Rob]

----- Original Message -----
From: rich <richie at tape-gallery.co.uk>
To: Eggbird <egbert at teeselink.demon.nl>
Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: ultimate newie starting DIY-ing


> physical/mathematical models.... erm, i hope someone corrects me on this
> one, cos maths has never been my strongpoint, but arent the basic building
> blocks of a synth (filters, amps, mixers, ring modulators etc) also the
> building blocks of old style analogue computers? ie a mixer performs
> addition, ring modulators/vca's perform four quadrant/two quadrant
> multiplication,  low pass filters=integrators

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Hrm, I think maybe a better way to look at a filter is subtraction, hence
subtractive synthesis which is based mainly on removal of frequencies for
the defining sound.
The rest is right on AFAIK.

But, next, what about envelopes? This is a tough one.. Never really thought
of it.

Rob