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Subject: RE: [motm] Re: 440

From: "John Loffink" <jloffink@...>
Date: 2003-11-20

Yes, the 440 sounds a lot like the filter in my Octave Cat SRM.

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com

> > MOTM-440 genealogy (;->)
> >
> > The first Prophet 5's were based on SSM synthesizer chips (later
> > versions used CEM chips), the filter using the first (and IMO best
> > sounding) SSM filter chip, the SSM2040.
> > (Later SSM chips, like the SSM2044, are quite different.) The
> SSM2040
> > was also used in some Versions of the Octave CAT and in the RSF
> Kobol
> > and
> Kobol
> > rack. It was quite popular for diy projects at the time as well.