Emu SSMs (was Re: [sdiy] A potential problem with a voice-assignable organ)

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 8 Jun 2009, at 21:32, Antti Huovilainen wrote:

> Do you happen know the reason why SSM2044 was designed?
> The folded Moog ladder is a clever design (and a way around the  
> Moog patent?), but IIRC, SSM already had SSM2040 at the time.

I dunno!

I'd like to have a guess though;

1) So they could add the missing resonance VCA
2) Cost. SSM2044 describes itself as "low cost".
3) The same reason that CEM went from the 3320 to the 3328, whatever  
that was.

I'm willing to bet that I'm almost sure that it's certainly one of  
those!

T.