[sdiy] common acronyms?

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I have no idea about Dutch, but in English, none of these are acronyms --
they're initials, as we pronounce the name of each letter.  So it's "vee
see oh" and "ay dee ess are", not "vkoh" and "adsir" :)

At 10:59 PM +0200 10/08/01, Dave Krooshof wrote:
>
>* 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