[sdiy] Who was first - ADSR with 555 timer ???
James Dunn
james at 4thharmonic.com
Wed Aug 13 23:32:58 CEST 2008
Dave Manley wrote:
> James Dunn wrote:
>> harrybissell at wowway.com wrote:
>>> Title says it all. Everyone uses the circuit but what is the
>>> earliest documented implementation of it ???
>
>>
>> The Moog Prodigy used a 556 for separate filter and VCA envelopes in
>> 1979...
>
> <nitpicking mode on> The Prodigy doesn't have an ADSR.
>
> -Dave
>
>
Are you referring to the fact that it's called a "Loudness Contour", or
that the decay and release stages are controlled from the same pot and
therefore does not constitute a "full" four stage ADSR?
James
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