[sdiy] Chris MacDonald "Balanced Modulator"

[John Mahoney]

> > I'm not hearing strong sidebands that one might expect from a ring
> > modulator...it seems more like a VCA..

At 07:19 AM 3/12/2009, cheater cheater wrote:
>That's because balanced has less SNR.

Really? I'd have thought it was the other way around, since most 
everyone builds balanced modulators, nowadays. Or, do we build 
BalMods simply because we don't want to deal with transformers?

I wouldn't expect the SNR to make much difference in the sidebands 
that are produced, either.

Also, I am of the impression that real ring mods produce more 
distortion, resulting in more pronounced (if less pure) affects -- 
and, consequently, reducing their signal-to-noise ratios.

Always ready to be corrected,
John