[sdiy] Moogey jitter

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, The Old Crow wrote:

> characteristics does this VCO exhibit?"  One cannot assign any weight or 
> implied pereference ahead of time, or one quickly falls into the trap of 
> collecting only the data that supports one's preference, and discards 
> data that does not support it.  The only correct path is to report all

Here here! Speak the truth! Yes yes!

> The only thing that can be done in a qualitative VCO test is the double-blind 
> listening test, whether the test giver does not know what he is sending to 
> the test taker (unmarked knob selects a VCO, and a 3rd person unknown to 
> either the test giver or test taker can change the order of presets on the 
> knob), meaning there is no guarantee that the device under test is even used 
> in a given session.  This one really tears apart audiophile claims. ;)

An interesting experiment might be to play the same note, say a middle 
"C," from Oscillators 1, 2, 3, and 4. Then play another note, say the "A#" 
above it, with the oscillators played in scrambled order, and see if the 
listener can match them up. Given them the option of relistening to 
the original C seqeunce 1, 2, 3, and 4 as much as they want.

On another note, I'm about to request that my entire class, en masse, join 
this list so they may receive benefit from the collected sage wisdom of 
this list as they start on their final projects. I have asked them to 
search the archives in detail before asking questions, to ignore and not 
participate in anything resembling a flame war.

I'm sure you'll all set a good example for them now, yes?

- Aaron

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