[sdiy] Hammond Vibrato Scanner

[mike ruberto]

This is awesome stuff. It's got me wondering how a pair of scanners
would sound in stereo while the drive rate of each motor is being
varied dynamically with different modulators.

Keep up the good work!

M. A. Ruberto

On Jan 18, 2008 1:11 AM, David Brown <davebr at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I made some measurements of my scanner with my scope and posted them
> on my site.  Note that this doesn't reflect a specific Hammond organ
> since I'm only using one half of an H series delay line.  I never
> really understood the chorus effect before.  I always thought it was
> a different set of connections as opposed to changing the termination
> of the delay line to increase reflections. Interesting.
>
> I also figured out the noise in the sample was an artifact of my mp3
> encoding. I've tried different encoders and finally got a sample that
> is pretty clean.  I also tried sourcing different waveforms into the
> scanner.  It makes a neat little mini-arpeggiator if you leave a few
> sections unconnected.
>
> Updated information on the site.
> http://modularsynthesis.com/modules/DJB-scanner/scanner.htm
>
> Dave
>
>  > From: David Brown davebr at earthlink.net,
>  > Subject: [sdiy] Hammond Vibrato Scanner
>  > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:25:58 -0800
>  >
>  > I've always wondered what a Hammond vibrato scanner would be like
>  > interfaced to a modular synth. I rebuilt a spare B-3 scanner and
>  > "jury rigged" it up today. The sample has some noise in it but does
>  > make a nice vibrato. I'm thinking of trying it with various
>  > waveforms instead of just the delay line taps.
>  >
>  > Any else on this list tried anything with a vibrato scanner?
>  >
>  > Dave
>
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