[sdiy] Thermal contact of exponential convertor components

[John Loffink]

You'll want the most accurate compensation whether you're doing regular 12
equal scales or microtonal scaling.  The best pitch accuracy I've seen for
an analog VCO is +/- 0.7 cents over a six octave range.

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:owner-synth-
> diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of allenre at umich.edu
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:27 PM
> To: James Patchell
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Thermal contact of exponential convertor components
> 
> What I'm assuming is that, if I intend to use microtonal scaling to any
> degree
> of accuracy then I will want very accurate compensation, right?  I'd also
> prefer not to have to calibrate the VCOs _ever_ (maybe that's asking for
> alot).
> =)
> 
> Ryan
>