<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 25 Nov 2021, at 7:39 am, Mikko Helin via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Interesting story from the TR-808 makers here:<br class=""><a href="https://rc-808.com/episodes-of-the-mid-o-series/" class="">https://rc-808.com/episodes-of-the-mid-o-series/</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Wow, thanks for that, I hadn’t seen it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This bit is interesting - I wonder what he means exactly?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">"<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Noto Sans", "Noto Serif JP", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Before I was hired to Roland in 1977, starting from around 1972 I was developing multiple systems with MPU such as Intel i8008 and so on. Even before that, I was an expert of linear circuits such as transistor radio, TV, wireless systems etc. After stepping into the electronic musical instruments fields, I was surprised to see this unique technological culture that boldly and cleverly utilizes the non-linear domain of semiconductors that was considered as taboo in the linear system. This non-linear technology enables the distinctively analog sounds, but at the same time, it had large individual variance, and lacked the dynamic range, S/N, temperature dependency, and stability of the products.</span><font color="#444444" face="Noto Sans, Noto Serif JP, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class="">”</span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Noto Sans", "Noto Serif JP", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">A</span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Noto Sans", "Noto Serif JP", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Noto Sans", "Noto Serif JP", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>