[sdiy] SSM2040 replacement

[Mattias Rickardsson]

I don't forget it, but how many have ever played (or even heard (or
even seen)) an RSF Kobol? ;-)

/mr

On 3 February 2012 14:50, Dennis Verschoor <modular at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't forget it is the filter what makes the RSF Kobol sounds great.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dennis
>
> http://www.mono-poly.nl
>
>
> On Feb 3, 2012, at 14:17, Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org> wrote:
>
>> The SSM2040 must be the filter chip that most people regard the
>> highest, but early Prophet~5 is the only synth where the majority of
>> people have heard it. Other filter favourites are often situated in
>> monophonic synths, where the filter is often used more radically.
>>
>> Would you say that the sound of the SSM2040 is primarily a "good
>> polysynth filter sound" or does it fight with the top ones in
>> monophonic applications too?
>>
>> /mr  -  with a spare good old SSM2040 that needs some love :-)
>>
>> On 3 February 2012 13:48, Paul Maddox <yo at vacoloco.net> wrote:
>>> Yeah, and I have to say, it sounded REAL nice too!
>>>
>>> I have one of his HM2040 modules, I just don't have much time right now :(
>>>
>>> I might knock up some eagle parts for them this weekend, in between house hold DIY. Maybe that'll spur me into making something.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> On 3 Feb 2012, at 09:30, Neil Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> paulo semprini wrote:
>>>>> Just wanted to notify anyone who didn't know that Hearn/Morley is
>>>>> selling a replacement for the SSM2040 quad VCF --
>>>>> http://sites.google.com/site/hearnmorley/products/hm2040
>>>>>
>>>>> It's an odd size, and not directly pin-compatible;  but I wired up a
>>>>> simple adapter socket & plugged one into a rev2 Prophet 5 -- the
>>>>> customer couldn't tell the difference between the new one & the
>>>>> originals.
>>>>
>>>> You can see pictures of George's polysynth using these modules when he
>>>> brought it along to synth-diy UK in 2008:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.diy.synth.net/glry/main.php?g2_itemId=1032
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Neil
>>>> --
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>>>> Homepage: http://www.njohnson.co.uk
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