[sdiy] common acronyms?

[Dave Krooshof]

* VCO = voltage controlled oscillator, a beeping device with remote control
(not wireless)
* LFO = Low frequency oscillator, a divice that wiggles a voltage. Add it
to the
voltage control of a VCO, and you've made a vibrato. Add it into a VCA
and you have made a tremelo. Also 'fun' in effects like Phasers. Some LFOs
are VCOs.
* VCA = V controlled amplifier, usefull for tremelo's with a LFO of for the
dynamic behaviour of a note when using an ADSR.
* ADSR = Attack Decay Sustain Release. This is how the guys in the fifties
thought
all natural sounds behave. They klick at start, then drop in volume, but
stay audible for a while before dying out. TKASTDIVBSAFAWBDO was in fasion
for a while, but after that ADSR became the word. This four letter device
typically has a knob for each letter.
It takes a pulse (a single click) as an input.
* BBD = already well described thingy that Harry flames all the time.
* VCF = Voltage Controlled Filter. My favourite filter is the coffee
filter, which is
a High Pass Filter (HPF) as it lets the small water and coffeine paas
through, yets holds
the big bassy sandy stuff. In audio I like - like most of us - the LPF,
which is a high cut.
Also I like bandpass filters, like wahwah pedals. It's opposite has it's
own name:
* Notch = band reject.

Then also some hackers thingies are used here...
AFICK
IMHO
Do a google on "vocabulary hackers" and you will find those.

Then we also like to use fake html (the code in websites) to note we are doing
humor or cynism as most of us fail to see it otherwise. Like this:
<humor>
I hate those beginners questions>
</humor>

Or like this:

<don't even think of answering this one>
speaking of acronyms, what does d* stand for?
</don't>

But seriously, if you google on those acronyms, you'll find it's
explanation instantly, along with loads of schematics.


Dave