[sdiy] Radical New Module from Cyndustries!

[Cynthia Webster]

http://www.cyndustries.com/

on 10/10/03 4:12 PM, Ian Fritz at ijfritz at earthlink.net wrote:

> Cynthia et al. --
> 
> The use of LFO frequencies that  increase with increasing drive frequency
> is certainly novel and interesting.  But am I reading this right, there is
> no way to turn this feature off?

Well, 

If you present a negative voltage to the CV input, the animation will freeze
at a fixed timbre which is an interesting feature.

Simon says... FREEZE!

Please forgive me Ian,
It should actually read "Superior to all designs except Ian Fritz's"

All kidding aside, we felt that previous designs had a flaw in that
the LFOs are traditionally parked at arguably arbitrary frequencies
and suffer from a phenomenon where some notes sound fattened more than
others.  We feel that no other design has solved this as concisely.

Minimoog's don't have a flanger or a sequencer, yet are still classic

There are always more features one can pile onto a module, but I felt
that this was as you suggest a good balance of size and function.

Maybe I totally blew it by not adding the triangle output?
I dunno, this combination just seemed to feel right to me, that's all

Scott Bernardi has another really excellent design as well!

Thanks for your comments Ian!

Cynthia

http://www.cyndustries.com/








> 
> I would argue with the statement that this design is superior to all
> previous ones.  Several people have posted information about their versions
> of this animator, and certainly it has been demonstrated that there is
> scope for much more functionality than in this design.  For example, my
> version has six totally independent and voltage controlled LFOs, with sync
> inputs for interesting cross-coupling effects.  Also I would argue that the
> ommission of the commonly included triangle wave outputs is a serious
> drawback.
> 
> It's a nice compact unit with a good sound and quite a bit of
> functionality, but anyone wanting to get the most out of this concept might
> want to consider building something bigger.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> At 03:42 PM 10/10/2003, Cynthia Webster wrote:
>> Brace Yourself folks for yet
>> Another Radical New Module from Cyndustries!
>> 
>> http://www.cyndustries.com/
>> 
>> (We've totally gone insane this time!)
>> 
>> Cynthia
>