[sdiy] "Living VCOs" PCB in 2009 ?

[John Mahoney]

At 05:56 PM 12/8/2008, Simon Brouwer wrote:

>Do you mean variation of the frequency with time? Or, as it says on 
>your web page, "randomness", "unstability", "instability" or "noisyness".
>If that is what you mean I think this "character" is not for me. I 
>would prefer a VCO that is stable and clean in the first place where 
>you can add a controllable amount of randomness, noise etc.

MOTM has got you covered, then!

I tend to agree with you in that I don't understand why a small 
amount of noise can't be used to introduce some artificial 
instability. What is it about the variation in a JH Living" VCO -- or 
a first-generation R.A.Moog VCO -- that can't be replicated with a 
little well-placed noise. But, this is an old question that I haven't 
seen an answer to.

John