[sdiy] Bass synth update... sorta.

[Michael Zacherl.]

+1 on that! Very important for playing (faster) sequences while maintaining the sound's punchy attack.
(of course YMMV, the varying transients can have some appeal too!)
Michael.

On 16.1.2012, at 17:37 , dlmanley at sonic.net wrote:

> Should be able to reset the vco based on the trigger.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
> Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 4:13 AM
> To: Ian Smith <taciturn_unquiet at hotmail.com>
> CC: synth diy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Bass synth update... sorta.
> 
>> +1 for a suboscillator.
>> 
>> I recommend the design from the SH101, which gives one or two octaves down, and gives you a choice of square or 25% pulse wave too. It's based on a 4013 dual bistable, IIRC - simple and cheap.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>> On 16 Jan 2012, at 07:43, Ian Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> A while back (can't remember if it was one or two years ago now... or longer) I polled y'all on what should go into an '80s style bass synthesizer. I finally got started today. Dug up a power supply, dual VCA, and State variable VCF that I had assembled long time ago and soldered up an oscillator on perfboard from the MFOS Soundlab schematics. 
>>> 
>>> I plan on adding:
>>> A second oscillator
>>> Noise sourse
>>> LFO
>>> ADSR
>>> AR
>>> a ladder filter of some sort... I have enough diodes and transistors to do either sort.
>>> 
>>> Anything I'm forgetting?
>>> 
>>> -Ian (it'll get done eventually) Smith



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