MOTM

Interesting comparison.  The 110 sounds brighter, like there are some
harmonics in the resultant waveform.  I'm guessing this may be some form of
distortion being introduced, or possibly some small amount of signal
unbalance.  (On one of my 110s, I cannot adjust the unbalance control to a
setting that totally removes the unbalance effect.)  The 190 on the other
hand does sound more "smooth" (as if the sidebands are more sine shaped,
less distortion?) and the sounds the blend control creates are awesome.  Is
this the CS-80 RM effect?  As for more "punch", I'm curious, how does one
discern this?

George

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>
To: MOTM listserv <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 1:44 AM
Subject: [motm] MOTM-190 vs.'110 RM demo


> http://www.synthtech.com/demo/rm_comp.mp3
>
>
> Here are the notes of the demo from Robert Rich. There is some loss of
detail in the MP3, but in
> general the '190 RM is "silky-er" than the '110. The '190 VCA modes are
much better than the '110
> in terms of dynamic range, lower noise and more "punch".
>
> Shipments of the '190 will start around Sept. 21st.
>
> Paul S.
>
> >
> > 2 sine waves from 440, with a tiny bit of vibrato for interest,
controlled
> > by two UEGs cycling through different 8 step sequences. These are either
> > passing through a 110 ring mod or a 190 ring mod, then into the 190
VCA#2
> > for final enveloping. No filters, no processing.
> >
> > 1) 4 bars of 8 notes simple ring mod through 110 (X&Y at full, Unbal at
zero)
> >
> > 2) 4 bars of 8 notes simple ring mod through 190 R mode (blend knob full
right)
> >
> > 3) 4 bars of 8 notes through 110 (slowly turning Unbalance up)
> >
> > 4) 4 bars of 8 notes simple ring mod through 190 R mode (turning Blend
up &
> > down)
> >
> > 5) 4 bars of 8 notes simple ring mod through 190 V mode (turning Blend
up &
> > down)
> >
> > You'll notice the clean sounds are VERY subtly different, the modified
> > sounds are very different. Those who like more thick and grungy ring mod
> > will definitely want to keep their 110, but the 190 is smoother and
retains
> > the sinusoidal characteristics better.