[sdiy] WTB: Paia EKx40

[John L Marshall]

That is not opinion, humble or not. That is the definition ;-)

Take care,
John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Bissell Jr" <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
To: "Gene Stopp" <gene at ixiacom.com>; "synth diy"
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] WTB: Paia EKx40


| LOL... this reminds me of an Electronic Engineering
| Times "Immortal Works" winning caption...
|
| "This is the creative engineering department, Kid...
| its where we turn bugs into FEATURES !!!"
|
| IMHO a sine wave has NO harmonics, a VCO has no drift
| or jitter, sawtooth and pulse waves have infinite
| (fast) rise (and or fall) times.
|
| Anything else is just a parody of perfection !
|
| (flaimsuit on)
|
| H^) harry
|
|
|
| > I remeber the CFR Tau VCO docs specifically stating
| > that jitter was a good
| > thing, being more "natural" sounding, and showing a
| > diagram of their
| > intentionally added jitter (maybe they just couldn't
| > get the noise out of
| > their sawtooth discharge threshold, and made it a
| > selling point?). I do not
| > remember anything special about the sound... just
| > another VCO...
| >
| > Best Regards,
| >
| > - Gene
| >
| >
| >
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
| > [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf
| > Of Tim Parkhurst
| > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:08 PM
| > To: 'prototek'; synth diy
| > Subject: RE: [sdiy] WTB: Paia EKx40
| >
| >
| > On a related tangent, just what would make one VCO
| > sound better than
| > another? I can't imagine there would be THAT much
| > difference in the raw
| > sound from the VCO unless the waveforms were
| > noticeably distorted,
| > non-linear, or otherwise buggered up. Basically, I
| > would think a saw wave
| > would sound like a saw wave, a square like a square,
| > etc., and any audible
| > difference would also be apparent on a scope. Any
| > thoughts, comments on
| > this?
| >
| >
| > Tim (noticeably distorted) Servo
| > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." -
| > Albert Einstein
| >
|
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