[sdiy] [AH] Arp Solina with excessive chorus noise

[Simon Brouwer]

Hi Richie, all,
 
Just any digital chorus or VST effect won't give you the typical "strings"
effect.
 
The "strings" modulator uses three delay lines, modulated with two frequencies
of sine signals, where the phase of each of these signals is different by 120
degrees for each delay line. The lower frequency modulation gives a smooth,
roomy chorus-like effect, the higher one adds a kind of vibrato.
 
There are, as far as I know, no multi-effects or VST effect plugins that
implement exactly this (I'd like to hear it if they do exist).
 
If going VST anyway, see
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/esline_by_elektrostudio/details for an emulation
of the complete instrument. It is a free VST which sounds pretty well like the
original, as I remember it (I used to own a Solina Strings many years ago, the
stereo version).
 
Best regards
Simon
 
 

> Op 1 februari 2016 om 0:15 schreef Richie Burnett
> <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk>:
>
>
> You could use an outboard hardware or VST plug-in noise gate, if the
> instrument's built-in chorus is special, or...
>
> Keep the on-board Chorus switched off to keep the noise down, and process it
> with outboard digital chorus, or VST effect on your computer.
>
> Recapping the supply decoupling capacitors in the chorus circuit sounds like
> an excellent idea to me. It is exactly high ESR in decoupling capacitors here
> that can let HF ripple from one BBD clock get into the other BBD circuits and
> cause that horrible aliasing swooshing noise you get when two changing
> frequencies beat together.
>
> -Richie,
>
> >> It's in pretty good condition, every function works and it sounds great,
> >> but there is, in my opinion, excessive noise and 'swooshing' when the
> >> chorus/modulation circuit is engaged.
>
> Sent from my Xperia SP on O2
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