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Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels] proposed designs

From: Scott Deyo <contact@...>
Date: 2007-10-29

>
> More hybrid than analog, perhaps? Maybe we could use an actual
> analog computer module...

Do mean transistors instead of CMOS? Or tube logic? : )
I remember doing searches for analog computers on eBay, and there were
some interesting old kits out there.

>
> > VCO: Note there is now a Staircase Input, for use w/ SubOsc or
> whatever. It has not been
> > tested and may need input conditioning.
>
> What's this new quality called 'stairness'?

I think Ken used that word -- it's funny! What the hell is it? Maybe
summed subdivision that isn't quite pulled off right? Stairness: "The
Real, Imperfect-though-Interesting Result of the Ideal Circuit's
Behavior"?


>
> I will say, Ken's designs certainly don't lend themselves to
> homologation of panel design. :-) (That's not a complaint...)
>
> m
>
> --
> Monty Brandenberg
>
Scott Deyo
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