SV: Re: [sdiy] Voltage controlled FPGA based synth?

karl dalen dalenkarl at yahoo.se
Sat Jul 14 00:50:04 CEST 2007


Where do you see that statement? I cant find it! 
Odd to put in a analog VCA when a digital is just a mul in the FPGA!

KD

--- Anthony Rolando <goldenechos at hotmail.com> skrev:

> If you read the fine print the designer states that the VCA is actually 
> analog... so that is "correct terminology there.
> 
> Besides, VCO reads easier and sounds better then FPGACO. That is a good 
> enough reason to call it so imo.
> 
> TR
> 
> 
> >From: Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
> >To: karl dalen <dalenkarl at yahoo.se>
> >CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> >Subject: Re: [sdiy] Voltage controlled FPGA based synth?
> >Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:48:19 +0100
> >
> >
> >On 12 Jul 2007, at 22:55, karl dalen wrote:
> >
> >>But why name things Voltage Controlled, (e.g VCA) when its FPGA
> >>generated?!
> >
> >What do other people think about this? If a circuit is controlled  from a 
> >voltage that then goes to an AD convertor, is it a voltage- controlled 
> >circuit? Obviously it's a digital circuit, not an analogue  one, but is it 
> >a voltage-controlled digital circuit? Perhaps the AD  isn't really a part 
> >of the circuit and that what controls the circuit  is the digital output 
> >from the A/D? What about if the A/D is on the  same chip?!
> >
> >Or is this just a question of terminology?
> >
> >Personally, if you can grab a LFO from somewhere and feed the output  of 
> >that to it to make something happen, I'd call it a voltage- controlled 
> >circuit. It might be digital inside, but it's still  voltage-controlled.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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