MOTM

OK, how about this:

I love my MOTM-300 oscillators - they're stable and scientifically accurate as all get-out - but I'm looking for a different character. Has anyone, in MOTM format, done a good modern (i.e. stable) clone of the 901 oscillator? I know there's a bunch of MU format stuff out there, but I'd rather not mix and match if I don't have to. Something with a front-panel already designed and a PC board already etched would be preferable, as I suck at those two things.

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> From: Eric Frampton
> I love my MOTM-300 oscillators - they're stable and
> scientifically accurate as all get-out - but I'm looking for
> a different character. Has anyone, in MOTM format, done a
> good modern (i.e. stable) clone of the 901 oscillator? 

I thought the instability was the character of a 901. As far as sound goes, I'm reminded of all that comparing of different oscillator waveforms years ago and how people couldn't hear the difference between a Moog VCO (901 or was it 921 ?) and a digitally generated waveform.

-Elhardt

I believe the email below I received was probably meant for the entire list.

> From: the_real_dripfeed
> Jürgen Haible's "Living VCO" was his attempt at reproducing
> the 901's character in a stable form. But they are pretty
> rare now since Jürgen's death, and his designs being
> mothballed with his estate mean that 3rd parties can't
> manufacture them under license.
>
> http://www.jhaible.com/living_vcos/jh_living_vcos.html
>
> Have you tried injecting a bit of character into your
> current oscillator by adjusting or modulating the
> Volt-per-octave input slightly so it doesn't quite track?
> Layer another stable oscillator on top and Bob's your
> uncle.
>
> Re: all oscillator waveforms sounding the same. That is
> definitely true if the samples are just a solitary note. But
> all oscillators I have owned sound different to each other
> when played over a few octaves, especially using square
> waves.