[sdiy] Chris MacDonald "Balanced Modulator"

[David G. Dixon]

Right you are, Tony!  The thread was between 13 and 19 June 2008.  I am led
to understand that the 1496 makes for a fairly crappy VCA.  Ian Fritz
explains why (as usual).

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Rolando [mailto:tony at makenoisemusic.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:12 PM
> To: David G. Dixon
> Cc: alfred.pear at gmail.com; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Chris MacDonald "Balanced Modulator"
> 
> There was discussion of such a thing about 2 months, if I am remembering
> correctly.
> 
> Tony
> 
> David G. Dixon wrote:
> > Has anyone used this LM1496 as a VCA, instead of OTAs, etc?  It almost
> looks
> > like a dual OTA, but with two inputs for adjusting the gain.  Could be
> > interesting.  One could make any VCA an optional multiplier.
> >
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