[sdiy] Midwest Analog Product Books, any reviews?

[Scott Stites]

Hi Charles,

It depends on how much you already know about the 3080 or OTA's in general.
I personally didn't know that much about them, and am generally thick as a
brick on the subject, so the book has certainly helped me.
There are some online doc's on the 3080 (IIRC, Rene Schmitz has one on his
site that talks about current mirrors and the 'extra ball' the 3080 has),
but I haven't seen any other resource that pulls it together with the basics
like this one does.

It covers exponential and linear sources of varying performance/complexity,
has a VCA, a balanced modulator, and the VCO which is a simple Schmidt
trigger-integrator triangle oscillator.  No filter application, which would
have been a nice addition.

Cheers,
Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Brodeur" <orange_juice_man_returns at yahoo.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Midwest Analog Product Books, any reviews?


> Hello All,
>  I'm thinking of ordering a few of the books from Midwest Analog
> Products, found here: http://www.midwest-analog.com/catbooks.html.
> Specifically, I would like to order the 3080 OTA book. Has anyone on
> the list gotten their hands on these books? They seem short and I
> wonder if the information could easily be found on the web. Are there
> any reviews available? Also, I am specfically interested in the chapter
> on the VCO in in this book. Is there an equivalant online?
>
> Secondly and slightly offtopic, I seem to remember rumors of the 3080
> being discontinued. Can anyone confirm this? Is the LM13700 a direct
> replacement?
>
> Sorry to ask so many questions in one message, but it is my first post
> in quite a while. Hope to hear from you all soon.
>
> -Charles Brodeur
>
>
>
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