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of the components that you just wouldn't do nowadays as high quality components are so much cheaper.<br>
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germanium transistor. Top guitarists used to go into Denmark St and try every one in a new batch to find the best sounding one.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="divRplyFwdMsg"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> cheater cheater <cheater00social@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 February 2024 11:17<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Bryant <mbryant@futurehorizons.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Adam (synthDIY) <synthdiy@adambaby.com>; synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] Unique sounding modules that can't have voltage control?</span>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">> All these old designs often tended to rely on odd parameters, often unspecified, of the components that you just wouldn't do nowadays as high quality components are so much cheaper.<br>
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let's hear more about those Mike!<br>
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On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:37 AM Mike Bryant <mbryant@futurehorizons.com> wrote:<br>
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> You can recreate any sound digitally. You can probably recreate almost every sound with modern analogue circuits.<br>
><br>
> The problem lies more with knowing how that sound was created in the first place. All these old designs often tended to rely on odd parameters, often unspecified, of the components that you just wouldn't do nowadays as high quality components are so much
cheaper.<br>
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> An extreme case, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's some old product out there that relies on the non-linearity of a 10% carbon resistor :-)<br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org> on behalf of cheater cheater via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
> Sent: 09 February 2024 10:19<br>
> To: Adam (synthDIY) <synthdiy@adambaby.com><br>
> Cc: synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Unique sounding modules that can't have voltage control?<br>
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> So I remember a time a few years in the past when people were really<br>
> upset that OTAs were being discontinued, because they were apparently<br>
> the only way to build some things with voltage control. I don't know<br>
> if those have been fully replaced with VCAs in their role.<br>
><br>
> Here's another thought. Replacing a resistor with a semiconductor<br>
> doesn't just add resistance, it can also add capacitance. Maybe that<br>
> changes things. Also, now the item is ever so slightly non linear<br>
> rather than being linear. That's another thing.<br>
><br>
> All three of those things seem like they could cause either issues (eg<br>
> capacitance somewhere makes a thing just not work at all) or could<br>
> change the sound. But I don't have any concrete examples, so I'm<br>
> hoping this will jog someone's memory.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:02 AM Adam (synthDIY) <synthdiy@adambaby.com> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Long time no hear David... but that is a classic 'Doc Sketchy' comment...<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > ;-)<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > A<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > > On 9 Feb 2024, at 2:27 pm, David G Dixon via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I doubt that there are many things that couldn't be put under voltage<br>
> > > control with a 2164 and a bit of ingenuity.<br>
> > ><br>
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