MOTM

On Aug 17, 2005, at 1:54 PM, synth1@... wrote:

>> Larry D.
>>
>> BTW, does anybody know what Dave Smith Instruments uses for the analog
>> VCO/VCF in the Evolver line of synths?  The sales lit. suggests that 
>> it
>> is CEM chips, but that seems unlikely unless they got someone to make
>> them again (or don't plan to sell many units??)
>>
>
> They are 'leftover' ICs from the Marion synth.
>
> Paul S.

So they are CEM?  Was the Marion the last Oberheim analog from the 
early 90's?

Racking my memory...

Larry D.

>>
>> They are 'leftover' ICs from the Marion synth.
>>
>> Paul S.
> 
> So they are CEM?  Was the Marion the last Oberheim analog from the 
> early 90's?

They are custom CEM chips. The Marion was they same idea as the Evolver,
but about 12 years early. The technology just wasn't there on the digital side.

Paul S.