[sdiy] Novation peak NCOs - Behringer Deepmind 12

[Mike HEQX]

Tom,

I have played the Deepmind 12 and It's got a certain sound to it. I put 
about 3 hours of fiddling time into it and I formed an impression of it. 
Positive I might add. Behringer has this to say "True Analog 12-Voice 
Polyphonic Synthesizer", and "Classic polyphonic synthesizer with 12 
true analog voices for insanely fat and authentic sounds" but I was 
thinking that I would not call it an analog synth really, but more of a 
hybrid. This is due to the mountains of digital effects that you can 
configure and pile on which are an intrinsic part of the sound and are 
on a large percentage of the presets. So I'd like to know if it is 
actually analog from the oscillator cores through to the output. If so 
it's got a sound that is very distinct and somewhat thin, contrary to 
what they claim, considering what it should be able to do.

Mike


On 4/22/2017 3:23 PM, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> 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.