What about CoolAudio? (was RE: [sdiy] THAT ICs and SSM chips)

[Ian Smith]

Huh... I had never heard of them and they've never popped up in my searches. I really like the fact that they have a good selection of BBDs. I may just have to get some of those.

I'm intrigued by their V1000 multi-effects chip, but I'm wary about surface mount things. I'm still a through-hole kinda guy. Anywho, the chip has a binary word input to switch between the 16 effects... could be interesting to set it up to randomly cycle through them.

-Ian

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> From: flight at flightofharmony.com
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: What about CoolAudio? (was RE: [sdiy] THAT ICs and SSM chips)
> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:08:48 -0700
> 
> In a similar vein:
> 
> I’ve never seen these guys mentioned anywhere, has anyone tried their ICs?
> They carry a lot of replica chips: Quad VCAs, BBDs, OTAs, Companders, even a
> DSP chip.
> 
> http://www.coolaudio.com/products.html
> 
> ~flight
> flight at flightofharmony.com
> http://www.flightofharmony.com
> 
> 
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
> -> bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom Wiltshire
> -> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 2:46 AM
> -> To: Ian Smith
> -> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> -> Subject: Re: [sdiy] THAT ICs and SSM chips
> -> 
> -> Ian,
> -> 
> -> I've used both the SSM2164 and SSM2018, and they're easy to get
> -> running. The 2018 is a really nice VCA, cleaner-than-clean.
> -> "Transparent" is probably the word you'd use in marketing hype.
> -> SSM2164 is good too, but cheaper. Mainly I've been using that for
> -> transconductance cells in a VCF design.
> -> 
> -> I've also used the THAT 2162 (a dual 2180-style VCA). Seems like a
> -> good chip, but the SMD package is a pain. Next time I'll either get a
> -> professional board done for it or use something larger.
> -> 
> -> In the UK, Farnell sell SSM2018, SSM2164 and THAT 2180. RS also have
> -> some SSMs. Prices are around £4 per chip (which makes 2164 much
> -> cheaper per VCA).
> -> 
> -> Regards,
> -> Tom
> -> 
> -> 
> -> On 29 Aug 2008, at 02:02, Ian Smith wrote:
> -> 
> ->>
> ->> Hi all,
> ->>
> ->> Just a quick question about THAT Corp. ICs, specifically the 2180
> ->> VCA chip; and the SSM range of chips...
> ->>
> ->> ok, a couple questions...
> ->>
> ->> How do you guys feel about these modules in a chip? How do they
> ->> compare to a module made out of discrete components?
> ->>
> ->> And the second question... where can you get SSM chips these days?
> ->>
> ->> Thanks,
> ->>
> ->> -Ian
> ->>
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