[sdiy] Yet another 292c Lowpass Gate audio sample uplaoded

[mark verbos]

my guess is luck.

Since the 192 lopass used a photocell/Lamp combo and had no CV input. I 
assume he didn't include a CV in because the lamp/photocell were so 
slow. The 292 was the next logical step after the 192. I think he 
rejoiced at the improvement in response speed. When it wasn't as fast as 
transistors, he learned to love the sound it had.

He certainly could have gone back to descrete transistor VCAs and 
Filters like on the 100 series.

Who cares in the end. He must have loved them. they are even in the 400 
and 700 series.

mark

Peter Grenader wrote:

>on 10/15/02 12:38 PM, Grant Richter at grichter at asapnet.net wrote:
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>>By luck or design
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>I have oft wondered this.  Did Don go with vactrols because of what you
>termed as the psychoacoustics they afforded -or- did he realize those
>properties after the fact.  Directly speaking: Did he want a gate with this
>ringing when he sat down to design it -or- did he learn to love it once he
>made it and heard it.
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>Chicken and egg, for sure.
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