[sdiy] VCO vote?

[Rude 66]

hey m.c.,


----- Original Message -----
From: "Czech Martin" <Martin.Czech at micronas.com>
To: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
Cc: "Sdiy (E-mail)" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] VCO vote?


> Read this with some humor, but the background is really serious.
>
> Every now and then some people tell us that this or the other
> VCO sounds so much better then some other VCO.
>
> I have no clue about that and thus want to learn more.
>
> Did you listen to the VCO alone?
> That would mean that you have to tap the VCO circuit.

sometimes. modular vco's are easy to listen to 'alone'. the metasonix is a
stand alone box. and my monopoly has 4 taps straight from the oscillators,
which can be very handy.
otherwise, i listen to them with the filter 100% open, no weird modulations
and the adsr at 0-100-100-0.

>
> Is there something special with the wave form?
> That would mean to tap a scope in it (or sample it).
>
> Is there some frequency oddity (jitter, phase noise, any way you
> would like to name it.) That would mean to sample the output
> and do some analysis on the timing (e.g. short time DFT, or
> time domain period statistics).
>

the cool thing about the '09 is its instability within a musical range. the
sound is always moving, but within range, it's not a total mess.


> Has such analysis been done?
> If not, could people with "interesting" VCO come up with a good
> sample (aka digital recording, DAT, no crap soundcard, please),
> 16-bit 44100 or 48000, say 60 sec long of a low note ~100 Hz and a
> mid range note? (1kHz)?
>
> Or is the "interesting" property such that it will get lost
> during digital recording?
>

yeah, except i don't know if what works in one person's system, will work in
another one's. i make electro, italo, acid and that kind of thing. for that,
the 09 and the slightly more static syntecno teebee have the most fantastic
sawtooths. cuts in right with the 808 sounds. however, if you make trance,
it's probably useless for you.

the other thing i like about this vco is its 'directness'. if i compare it
to something like the waldorf pulse, a new analogue machine, compared to the
'09 it;'s almost like there's a blanket over the speaker. it's vaguer, more
indirect. hard to describe..


> This mail is not intended to annoy people, but to learn more.
>

ruud