[sdiy] Speaking of the Elektor Vocoder (and the Korg Vocoder)

[Eric Brombaugh]

Ian Fritz wrote:
> At 03:49 PM 2/22/2008, Neil Johnson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> The finer you require the frequency resolution to
>>> be, the more time needs to go by before you get a correct result.
>>> This
>>> is no different in the analog domain than in the digital domain.
>>
>> A nice example of this is the behavior of spectrum analyzers - the
>> narrower the bandwidth the slower the maximum scan rate.  I was
>> introduced to this phenomenon by the venerable old HP 141T.
> 
> I was introduced to it in a modern physics course, where it is known as 
> the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.  :-)

Obligatory joke:

Police officer pulls over Werner Heisenberg on the freeway:

Officer: "Excuse me sir, do you know how fast you were going?"
Heisenberg: "No, but I can tell you exactly where I am!"

Eric