[sdiy] SAH190 vs SAA1030

[Harry Bissell]

The TOG is always relatively in (mis)tune. Separate oscillators could possibly
be better in tune, but often worse. 

Choose your poison. If you were (lets say) gigging, you might choose the more stable
instrument. Probably the TOG would be better in that regard (it might be crystal controlled etc.)

That said, equal temperament is a trade-off already...

H^) harry 


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
To: Florian Anwander <fanwander at mnet-online.de>
Cc: Synth-DIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:04:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [sdiy] SAH190 vs SAA1030


On 4 Oct 2011, at 11:21, Florian Anwander wrote:

> PS: I think I will try also to build 12 separate oscillators, only to test how much not phase locked intervals would sound like - Solina in PS3100 style...

An excellent idea! I've never owned a string machine, but I had a couple of 1970's organs that were very similar apart from one being TOG-based and the other having separate oscillators. The organ with separate oscillators sounded much better.

Obviously there was a lot else in the box that *might* have made the difference (better choice of filter components?) but structurally, that was the only significant difference.

T.

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