[sdiy] Silvered mica caps in VCO core integrators

David G Dixon dixon at mail.ubc.ca
Thu Apr 14 23:25:22 CEST 2016


Yves suggests either polystyrene or silvered mica.  I guess they're
interchangeable...?  I think silvered mica are easier to use (and to get).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quincas Moreira [mailto:quincas at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:15 PM
> To: David G Dixon
> Cc: Sdiy
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Silvered mica caps in VCO core integrators
> 
> I use polystyrene (as per Ray Wilson's instructions)  but I'm 
> willing to bet Mica will be perfect as well.  In fact I think 
> Yves Usson uses Mica for that in his VCO: 
> http://yusynth.net/Modular/EN/VCO/index.html
> 
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:53 PM, David G Dixon 
> <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
> > Hey team, what do we think about silvered mica caps in VCO 
> core integrators?
> > I've used them in filters, and they work great.  Any hidden 
> dangers I 
> > should be aware of?
> >
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