Hello All -
First, let me say that the MP3s really don't do the thing justice.
It goes from cozy warm to biting your head off in a twist of a
knob. Bouncy boingy fun! Birdies everywhere!
As to the noise factor: this is an MOTM quality module, 'nuff said.
The experience I have with ladder filters is that they seem one-
dimensional and hissy. I really didn't see what all the fuss was
about. Not so the 490! Note that I have never played with a real
modular Moog filter, but the timbres that come out of the 490
compare (to my ears) with many of Wendy Carlos'.
Larry said it best: this is a 'must have'. I suspect that behind
the 800, this will (justifiably) be the best seller.
AWESOME work, Paul.
Mike
PS - The really horrible thing is that I have to send it back
tomorrow. Whimper.
--- In motm@y..., "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
...
> I also "moved up" the '490 release date, as demonstrated by Mike's
demo files. I needs a minor
> pcb tweak, which will be done at the end of next week, then pcbs
will be ordered. There is also
> some minor resistor tweaking, to match the behavior of the Moog
904A modular LPF. I also want to
> compare it on the AP with Moog filters from other sources (for
SNR). Mike's initial reaction is
> that the '490 does not exhibit noise at the output to the degree
other Moog ladder filters do
> (not naming any names).
>
...