[sdiy] SSM2164 VCA

[Tom Wiltshire]

I was *going to*, really I was, but I felt an imminent wallet  
haemorrhage coming on, so I had to abandon the plan...;)

T.

On 15 Mar 2010, at 20:03, cheater cheater wrote:

> what about the john hardy op amps? Ever tried those?
>
> D.
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 20:37, Tom Wiltshire  
> <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 15 Mar 2010, at 09:15, David Ingebretsen wrote:
>>
>>> Why don't people use the 2164 for VCAs?
>>
>> Some of us do. The 2164 is a great synth chip for all kinds of uses.
>> Furthermore, it's in current production, and is available in DIP  
>> and SMD
>> packages. You really *could* build a synth with just this chip.
>>
>> If we're just talking VCAs, than it's got some competition at the  
>> top end of
>> the market from the SSM2018 and the THAT Corp chips. But none of  
>> those are a
>> quad VCA package, so bang for the buck, the 2164 takes a bit of  
>> beating.
>> SSM2018 is probably my favourite of all for pure quality, though.
>>
>> The CA3080 is noisy, and the LM13700 isn't a great deal better. So  
>> why
>> doesn't *everyone* use the 2164 for VCAs?
>>
>> T.
>>
>>
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