[sdiy] CEM3340 status

[Paul Schreiber]

I have been digging around the last few weeks, looking for more CEM3340 VCO
ICs.

I managed to find and test 2 more sets of ICs: some for MemoryMoog and some
for any synth BUT a MemoryMoog (the MemoryMoog uses non-standard power
supply
voltages and there is 1 certain data code, 8226, that has an issue with the
supply
in the MemoryMoog).

I have a custom-built tester, and every CEM3340 is checked for operation at
+-12V.

I have put these into the shopping cart at www.synthtech.com (click ORDER,
then the
CEM/SSM IC link in the upper left corner).

All CEM ICs are getting near impossible to obtain on the 'open market',
except CEM3396s
which there are a lot because Cheetah MS6 guy overbought big time :) I
finally sold all
of my ICs that I bought from Ensoniq when they were acquired by Creative
Labs (where a
lot of these came from) and sadly, the only place left to get them is to
harvest dead synths.

Paul Schreiber
Synthesis Technology