[sdiy] 1.2 Moog

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 8/22/05, Aaron Lanterman <lanterma at ece.gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, harrybissell wrote:
> 
> > yeah... doesn't 100mV per semitone make more sense than 83.33mV
> > per semitone.  And Bob 'sold out' and adopted a standard of 81.6667mV.
> 
> I guess it's a metric-British imperial sort of question.
> 
> The 100 mV per semitone does feel more metric, let's call that a buchla.
> 
> Hmmm, 1 moog = 1 volt/oct
>       1/12 moog = 1 volt/semitone
>       1 buchla = 100 mv/semitones = 1/10 volt/semitone
>       10 buchlas = 1 volt/semitone
> 
> so 1 moog = 120 buchlas = 0.12 kilobuchlas, or equivalently
>    1 buchla =
> 
>      (wait for it....)
> 
>        8.3 minimoogs!
> 
> - Aaron
> 
LOL! Thank you for that Aaron. That was the best laugh I've had in a while. 

By the way, does 1 Buchla = 8,300 microMoogs?


Tim (the "Servo" being a unit of hot air) Servo
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