[sdiy] Polymoog Resonator - no-pots equivalent

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

Thanks Tom, yes that cleared some things up. "go wild with this", yeah, 
I have some ideas about that ;)
The 2164 being one of those ICs available for collector's prices? 
Although I might even have some of those hidden in some box... But I 
think I'm going to make this SMT.

Am 21.08.2017 um 19:46 schrieb Tom Wiltshire:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Yes, three multimode filters would be the same as the PolyMoog resonator. That’s what it is:
>
> http://www.synthfool.com/docs/Moog/polymoogresonator.jpg
>
> Note that the schematic shows us that the filters are state-variable filters (which we’d guessed anyway because of the HP, BP, and LP outputs) and that they’re *not* VCFs. They’re just based on op-amps. You also mention the slopes. A 12dB SVF has 6dB slopes for the BP output. That’s normal, since that’s a 2-pole bandpass filter, and it’s a 2-pole filter. The way I think about it is that you need to filter off both the low and the high frequencies, so you have to share the poles out to do the job!
>
> The Moog schematic is about as simple as such a thing could get, since it is pretty much just the three SVFs joined together. Personally I don’t like the way you have to change the response of all the filters together instead of individually, but that would be easy to change. Compare with this schematic:
>
> http://sound.whsites.net/articles/st-var-f1.gif
>
>
> Obviously you could go wild with this. Some years ago I built SVF+VCA modules around the 2164. This would be perfect for this, since you get a 2-pole VCF with VC resonance and a VCA all on the one chip.
>
> http://electricdruid.net/images/svf+vca.jpg
>
> I don’t seem to have the schematic online, but ask me if you’re interested.
>
> HTH,
> Tom
>
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>> On 21 Aug 2017, at 17:16, Steve <sleepy_dog at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hey experienced SDIYers,
>>
>> say, would slapping together 3 {VCA, multi-mode VCF 12 dB/oct with Q control} combos be the functional equivalent of the Moog Resonator? (with modified VCF control ranges, limited to 1 of those 3 bands each)
>> Although I faintly remember some of those multi mode VCFs having only 6 dB/oct slope on BP. Maybe not those. Are there designs with the same slope for all, or is this a general feature of such VCFs?
>>   
>> My goal is to make something that can shape sounds similarly to the Moog thing, as demo'ed on YT by some guy enhancing vocal and brass sounds.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XUiJi5153Y
>>
>> But in a much smaller box, without the battalion of pots.
>>
>> I thought about just taking J.Haible's schematic and replacing all the pots with MCP41HV digipots, but that'd be 14 (some are stereo), a bit expensive *and* wiper noise, that doesn't taste well together ;)
>>
>>
>> - Steve
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