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Subject: RE: micro VCA? ring mod users?

From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
Date: 2000-02-08

>
> Are there plans for a vanilla micro VCA? I could really use some
> more VCAs,
> and I'd rather not build an equal number of ring modulators (and
> use up that
> valuable rack space).
>

Me too! Single space vanilla VCA would be nice - or even a single space dual
REALLY vanilla VCA!

> Also, who's been using their ring mod? I'm almost (but not quite)
> ashamed to
> say that I haven't yet found good settings for it with my current gear. I
> prefer the <ducks> ring mod in my Zoom 1201. I just wonder if I'm doing
> something wrong or if it works ∗really great∗ with those
> oscillators I don't
> have so I'm missing out. They require a pretty hot input, don't they?

A couple of tips: yes, you need a hot input, because the control rejection
noise ration is not too hot.

I find it sounds best with inputs with very few harmonics, like sine or
triangle waves, else the extra harmonics of the input waveforms clash
harshly with the generated harmonics. You might try a couple of resonating
filters for inputs.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...