JH can you direct me to a schematic?
thx
mark
At 02:25 AM 7/7/00 +0200, jhaible wrote:
> > I know FFBs have been brought up before on the list but something that
>might be
> > interesting is to understand a few of the characteristics of the different
>FFBs that
> > have been made to see what makes them sound unique. The Moog FFB has a
>bunch of
> > inductors and sounds very unique. The EMS FFB is just a bunch of 741 op
>amp filter
> > circuits, I think and also has a unique and sought after sound. I wonder
>if JH has
> > some wisdom and experience in this area to share...?
>
>Not much wisdom (;->). I never built an inductor-based filter bank.
>I have built a copy of the EMS filter bank once, and I like its smooth sound
>a lot. The filters aren't very steep, which is part of its character.
>
>There are 741's in the original, but there are also a lot of polystyrene
>caps, and
>the overall impression of its quality is very good, despite the poor opamps.
>It's also built with very low impedance (large caps, very small resistors).
>
>Personally I would not build a commercial clone of this - EMS is an active
>company - and I suppose Paul shares this point of view. But there's a lot of
>other options for a filter bank ...
>
>JH.
>
>
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