[sdiy] "Living VCOs" PCB in 2009 ?

[Simon Brouwer]

Ian Fritz schreef:
> At 12:28 AM 12/9/2008, Ken Elhardt wrote:
>>I think we have seen an answer to this question along with a bunch of
>>audio files posted to back it up, and that is there isn't anything
>>special about the first generation Moog VCO, and that any
>>unstableness/drift or noise can easily be programmed into any VCO.
>
> Ken did a superb, thorough study of this.  It's really depressing that
> nobody seems to believe his results.

You can count me as a believer :)

See also
http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=25433&sid=2cae0a12e3742b1c4432076be144e4e9
(search for "Why a Moog sounds like a Moog")

I think a VCO with low jitter and drift is more flexible because you could
still add (controllable amounts of) jitter and drift through modulation if
you want it, while you can also choose not to if you don't.

OTOH this would require additional circuits and/or patchcords etc. I can
see how musicians with sufficient space and resources might find find it
convenient to have some (extra) VCO's with mischief already built in.

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Vriendelijke groet,

Simon Brouwer
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