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Subject: Re: Different ring mod sounds

From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
Date: 2000-11-09

Isn't 2-quadrant multiplication a different name for audio rate
amplitude modulation? The same effect you'd get by running a VCO into
the audio input on the 110 VCA, and another VCO into the control
input?

Moe

--- In motm@egroups.com, "Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@j...> wrote:
>
> I never realized that! Thanks! Is this something we should
have...? :)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@a...]
> Sent:Thursday, 09 November, 2000 9:12 AM
> To:motm@egroups.com
> Subject:Re: [motm] Different ring mod sounds
>
> The quick answer is: a VCA can have 2 audio inputs as well! The
sidebands
> produced are not
> the same as a 4-quadrant multiplier, because of the "sign" of the
signals (+
> and - values) are
> "computed" differently.
>
> A RM has more sidebands.
>
> Paul S.