[sdiy] Novation peak NCOs

[Tom Wiltshire]

Why suspicious?

I thought they'd been pretty clear - the DeepMind12 voice is a couple of DCOs, followed by an analog filter and VCA. From the current CoolAudio chip line-up (e.g. no CEM3320 clone just yet) and the Roland-alike character of the whole project, the filter is a 2/4-pole OTA based thing, probably built around a pair of V13700s. VCAs similar, I'd expect (Roland used BA662, another basic OTA). Everything else (envelopes, LFOs, FXs) is digital, in common with most "analog" synths from the Prophet T8 onwards.

The synth was developed by the Midas audio team in the UK, not by Behringer in Germany. Pete Sadler (software) and Rob Belcham (hardware) are the lead engineers. Something a bit different for them, since most of their stuff is studio mixers/processors.

http://uk.linkedin.com/in/pete-sadler-98853320
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/rob-belcham-35333320

And yeah, I agree, I'd love to know more too!

Tom

On 22 Apr 2017, at 19:40, Mike HEQX <mike at heqx.com> wrote:

> Not in the UK, but I'd really like to know more about the Deepmind 12 ( suspicious of their analog synth claim ) and what Behringer is doing with their audio chip revitalization program. Anything from Novation would be great because they make real ( hybrid ) synths, not just sample players like some of the other makers.
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> On 4/22/2017 1:48 PM, Mrs Paula Anne Maddox wrote:
>> Tom,
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>> It's be nice but I suspect highly unlikely, most company have very strict rules about talking about work outside of the building.
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>> Paula
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>> On 22 April 2017, at 14:38, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
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>> Neil J, can we invite Nick Bookman to come to SDIY UK in the summer and give a talk about his work on the Peak?
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>> I'm sure he'd have a lovely time. Engineers so rarely get a chance to talk about what they do with an audience of people who are actually interested and would understand what he has to say. Mostly if you talk about this sort of stuff with people, you get that glazed-over look within a few seconds…
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>> Alternatively, I'd also like to hear a talk by the engineers behind the Deepmind 12 - they're UK too, right?
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>> What do you think?
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>> Tom
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>> On 22 Apr 2017, at 14:06, Bruno Afonso <bafonso at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> If only some notation engineers were allowed to speak freely about the design instead of the marketing people…
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