[sdiy] Basic core designs of commercial analogs

Magnus Danielson cfmd at swipnet.se
Tue Dec 24 12:24:51 CET 2002


From: Don Tillman <don at till.com>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Basic core designs of commercial analogs
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:29:54 -0800

Hi Don,

>    > >Juergen is the promotor for the unscaled linear FM.
>    > 
>    > Really? Most circuits I've built have the FM amount scaled by the
>    > keyboard CV.
> 
> I think this is in reference to the point you made once that a nice
> feature of linear VCO control is that it's easy to detune oscillators
> for a chorus effect where the beat frequency is constant whatever the
> pitch.
> 
> I'm sure several of us sat back and thought, "Hey, that makes a lot of
> sense.  A linear frequency offset is a great VCO feature from a user
> interface standpoint.  Sometimes you really want to be sharp by 5 Hz."

Exactly! Thanks Don for also recalling it! ;O)

Especially in relation to other tones you want the equally tempered case.

> Happy Christmas to all.

Merry Christmas!

PS. I just got a photo of a christmastree decorated Bergfotron!

Cheers,
Magnus



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