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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: **MOTM-110 End-of-Life Notice**

From: improv@...
Date: 2000-11-08

>--- In motm@egroups.com, perpetual@u... wrote:
>> is bleedthrough on the current 110 a problem?
>>
>
>Not in the VCA section. If you use the ring mod section as a VCA, or
>if one of the RM inputs is gated off, you hear the other input
>bleeding through faintly, when in an ideal circuit it would be
>perfectly silent. Due to the circuit topology, there's only about 40
>db of carrier suppression (read your 110 specs).
>
>I'm not really concerned about that too much - my main interest was
>in exploring a different circuit with a different sound - different
>ring mod designs can sound VERY different. Some are sweeter, some are
>clear and precise, some are nasty, etc.
>
I totally agree. One of my favorite-sounding ring mods is the PAIA/Craig
Anderton Electronics Projects for Musicians kit I built years ago. Very
sweet, and it has a musical fuzziness that I really like (god, I'm starting
to talk like a wine nut!). Unfortunately, it broke a couple of years ago,
and I haven't gotten around to fixing it. A ring mod with that sound and
MOTM build quality would be a winner for me, at least.

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