PLAN B analog blog

Hi.  I saw our good friend Mr. Grenader yesterday and got a chance 
to listen to the new State Variable Vactrol Filter he's cooking up. 
The version I saw was obviously a prototype (no front panel, Peter 
was holding the two boards in his hand while he turned the pots) The 
In addition to Low pass, its got highpass, variable bandwidth 
bandpass and allpass outputs.  I especially liked the lowpass and 
allpass modes. The filter has a really fat sound with some of the 
nicest sounding resonance and distortion I've ever heard: it can 
sound dirty and yet smooth at the same time. It also has that 
peculiar ringing sound you get from Vactrols that I have tried but 
never managed to get any other way. This thing is definitely on my 
shopping list 

I also got a chance to hear the model 15 oscilators and the sound of 
the sine waves seems to be very similar to the way I remember the 
Bucla's oscilators sounding.  The sound of the sine waves and of the 
the FM is very different from the Doepfer and Analog Systems stuff I 
have now. The sound of the oscilators through the vactrol filter was 
very nice. I've got two of these things on order.  Yes, its been a 
bit of a wait, but I think it will be worth it.  

By the way, lest you think that the vast corporate tentacles of PLAN 
B, INC. have reached me: I'm not an actor, and I'm not on Plan B's 
payroll, I've met Peter a grand total of two times.  

K