[sdiy] DBX202 VCA questions

[cheater cheater]

Thanks a lot guys. I guess four replies stating the same can't be wrong. :-)

D.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Ingo Debus <igg.debus at t-online.de> wrote:
>
> Am 13.09.2009 um 17:08 schrieb cheater cheater:
>
>> This substitute circuit is based on reverse-engeineering
>> a 202XT VCA - it turned out to consist of ten paralleled 2150's with a
>> common low-impedance buffer for the control inputs."
>>
>> Now... why would they ever do that? DBX weren't just throwing in more
>> because they *could* were they?
>>
>
> My guess is, they did this to reduce noise. The signal adds in a normal way
> while the noise adds in RMS fashion. You get a better signal/noise ratio
> this way.
>
> Ingo
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