This and many other articles from Keyboard are contained in a Hal Leonard
book called "Synthesizer Technique". Lots of articles by Moog, Patrick
Gleeson, Craig Anderton, Roger Powell, and others. All articles written
between '78 and '86; plenty of info on analog techniques.
nathan
>I promised someone on this list I would scan a really old article from
>Keyboard magazine by Bob Moog about String Tone Simulation. I figured
>others
>might want to read it too. It describes the tonal characteristics of a real
>violin, mentions a 36 band resonant filter that was once built to simulate a
>violin body, and talks about possible ways to fake violin tones using
>effects
>devices. I haven't read it in a long time, but seem to remember Moog saying
>that really short delays creating a comb filter effect DO NOT work well
>because of how the peaks and notches line up, they cause a metalic tube type
>effect. I however DO use them. My theory was that if I used several of
>them
>tuned differently and mixed them together, it would randomize those peaks
>and
>notches and get rid of the metalic quality. It seems to work for me.
>
>Remember also that Moog used to make a "String Filter". I believe MoogCE
>can
>still make them.
>
>If you want to read it, get it now. I may be dropping my AOL account by the
>end of the month and it will be gone. The link is:
>
>http://members.aol.com/elhardt/stringtone.jpg
>
>
>Also of possible interest are 3D frequency/time plots of good and poor
>quality violins I found on the web. Link is:
>
>http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~hojakr/violin1.html
>
>
>-Elhardt