[sdiy] Alltime best ring modulator circuit... ever?

[Dave Manley]

anthony wrote:
> I was wondering what people think is the best ring modulator circuit, 
> both for use in a modular synth and maybe as an effect for other 
> instruments like guitar.
> ...
>
> OK! So I think the general answer to which circuit is best would be: 
> it depends on your application. But I do want to know the relative 
> merits of the MC1495, MC1496 & the AD633 and others I've forgotten or 
> just didn't bother to think of.
> And THEN I would like some opinions on the alltime best ring modulator 
> circuit ever. (Hence the subject of this message...)
I'll add two more to your list of candidates, a discrete implementation 
from the ARP 2500/2600:
   
    http://www.till.com/arptech/pdf/4014.pdf

And the simplest (and most limited) from the ARP Odyssey (and others) 
the EXOR gate.

-Dave