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Subject: arturia feedback

From: "Max Fazio" <faxiomas@...>
Date: 2004-12-20

hi Guys
 
I recently posted some words to arturia about cs-80 emulation with statements on oscillators: Xavier Oudin, one of the head developer there replied me ; I addressed him to the useful studies Crow made on the IG series chips ...here's the mail :
 
 
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Hello Max,

Thank you for this interesting link.
I think I will update my oscillator algorithm to achieve this feature.

Best regards
Xavier

> Hallo

> Some days ago I was
in the kvraudio.com forum and I was reading
> something about the new
comer Arp2600V ; a guy wrote about the fact
> that each model shares the
same vco model : in fact he received a mail
> from you

> ∗Quote:∗
> _The oscillator algorithm is the same in all our
synthesizers. BUT the
> parameters of this algorithm are not ! rising
edge, the instability,
> the drift are completely different. MMV and ARP
are much closer than
> ARP and minimoog V, but there are
differences.
> >end quote<

> This is a good
thing but I think that the developement could now be
> more specifically
addressed to the waveforms themselves. I wish this
> could be made for
CS-80V ( I just bought a copy of it) : the hardware
> version  has
some very particular waveforms , I discovered it by
> looking at a CS-80
expert and restorator site  of Chris Rider aka "Old
> Crow" : he
reverse-enginereed the synth's circuitry and built some
> analog
reproduction of the original IG chips made for VCO and filters
> and
built some discrete versions of this model. The saw waveform
> results
has a little pulse on its edge and the square waveform has a
>
curvilinear edge : this waveshapes result also from the service manual
>
of the original so they made ∗intentionally∗ these waveform to achieve
>
a more rich in harmonics sound

> check out

>
href="http://www.cs80.com/vco.html">http://www.cs80.com/vco.html

> (old crow's page about the custom built cs vco)

>
You can contact him and see if he could make up another VCO model for
>
you for study purposes

> If the oscillator design would be
exactly the same , the machine would
> be∗ MUCH MORE cpu efficient∗, seen
that only TWO oscillators and NOT
> FOUR will be running !!

> Also I would suggest

>
href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahacs80/">http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahacs80/

> to share opinions with many CS80 owners and restorators

> friendly yours

> Max from Italy


>
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Greetz!
max