MOTM

Has anyone checked out this book yet?  Opnions?

http://www.helm-elektronik.de/buch.html

BTW it is in German.

Cheers!
Shemp


	
		
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I am posting Terje's private reply.  I don't think he will mind.  I thought it would be of
interest to several people on the list.

TBH, I didn't even know what the book was about.  It is a novell idea though.  Too bad it is so
unusable.

Thanks for the heads up and warning Terje!

--Shemp

--- Terje Winther <terje.winther@...> wrote:
> >Has anyone checked out this book yet?  Opinions?
> >http://www.helm-elektronik.de/buch.html
> >BTW it is in German.
> 
> Please be warned; this book is so full of errors that it is hard to
> build the modules - even though there are a lot of web sites with
> lists of errors and how to rectify them.
> Also; if you do make these modules (and correct all the errors), many
> of the modules are quite weak, IMHO. The VCO has poor tracking, the
> VCFs are weak, and the ADSR is sloppy. The waveshaper doesn\ufffdt work
> properly, and you should see the waves the divider makes on a scope!
> The mixer, LFOs and ringmodultor do seem to work OK, though.
> 
> Me and friend Erik bought the book and started building our modular
> based on this. We thought is was an updated Formant. It is a laugh
> compared to the original Formant modular. We have discarded all the
> modules we originally build.
> 
> --
> tw.  :) 



		
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I second this. Don't waste your money. It's nothing like the original
Formant books,
which certainly are classics. (Back then, the Formant inspired my own first
experiments
in music electronics.)

JH.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tentochi" <tentochi2003@...>
To: "MOTM" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] [OT] Formant Book


>
> I am posting Terje's private reply.  I don't think he will mind.  I
thought it would be of
> interest to several people on the list.
>
> TBH, I didn't even know what the book was about.  It is a novell idea
though.  Too bad it is so

> unusable.
>
> Thanks for the heads up and warning Terje!
>
> --Shemp
>
> --- Terje Winther <terje.winther@...> wrote:
> > >Has anyone checked out this book yet?  Opinions?
> > >http://www.helm-elektronik.de/buch.html
> > >BTW it is in German.
> >
> > Please be warned; this book is so full of errors that it is hard to
> > build the modules - even though there are a lot of web sites with
> > lists of errors and how to rectify them.
> > Also; if you do make these modules (and correct all the errors), many
> > of the modules are quite weak, IMHO. The VCO has poor tracking, the
> > VCFs are weak, and the ADSR is sloppy. The waveshaper doesn\ufffdt work
> > properly, and you should see the waves the divider makes on a scope!
> > The mixer, LFOs and ringmodultor do seem to work OK, though.
> >
> > Me and friend Erik bought the book and started building our modular
> > based on this. We thought is was an updated Formant. It is a laugh
> > compared to the original Formant modular. We have discarded all the
> > modules we originally build.
> >
> > --
> > tw.  :)
>
>
>
>
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