[sdiy] VCR display pinout?

[cynthia.webster at gte.net]

I guess you could call it a "spRing Modulator" then?

<grin>





> From: epeasant at telusplanet.net
> Date: 2002/09/25 Wed AM 06:41:46 PDT
> To: Terrence McWee <mcwee at mac.com>
> CC: Matthew Valdes <mattvaldes at hotmail.com>,  
synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl, 
>    teenagewasteland at prodigy.net
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] VCR display pinout?
> 
> 
> > Is it just me, or is the "VFD ring modulator" described
> > here really a 
> > lot more like a spring reverb (both in the end result and
> > its mechanics) 
> > than a traditional ring modulator?
> > 
> You are absolutely correct. Actually, spring reverbs are 
> designed to delay the input signal while keeping it 
> relatively intact (sort of), while the VFD modulator is 
> intended to distort (or modulate) the signal with the 
> ringing sound produced by the internal wires. It would 
> probably be better named a *resonator*, but it's more fun 
> to see the purists' reactions to my misuse of the ring 
> modulator term. Certainly the end result is a lot different 
> sounding than a typical spring reverb!
> 
> > 
> > > Haven't built it myself, but it gets the wheels
> > turning.
> > >
> 
> That's the idea!
> 
> Take care,
> Doug
> 
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