Your Dream VCO

bridechamber · Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 64 Location: Saint Paul, MN

And memory would be nice, as long as you're at it. Wink

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

Well, I'm sure the Buchla 200e version would come with memory, because Buchla owners would expect it. Smile

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

I find it very disappointing that this forum lets people delete their posts. We were having a public discussion that suddenly went all funny when Nosferatu went in and deleted all of his/her posts.

It seems very childish, in an "I'm going to take my ball and go home" sort of way. There may be some reason for this that I'm unaware of, but any revisionism in a public forum is unfortunate, and makes me think twice about participating in discussions that can suddenly turn into soliloquies.

-C

bridechamber · Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 64 Location: Saint Paul, MN

I don't know why he would do that. It does seem odd.

He did (or maybe didn't) get the free market survey he was trying for (if it is who I think), but there is probably a non-obvious reason for deleting his emails. It seems a bit unnecessary more than anything.

But getting back to VCO talk, Magic Smoke ( www.magsmoke.com ) is coming out w/ PCBs of all of Thomas Henry's stuff from his _Analog Synth for the 21st Century_ book. The XR2206 VCO has VC skew, which sounds appealing. There are some samples and the schematic on Scott Stite's page,
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/birthofasynth/id20.html

I bet you could find some "perfectly flawed" waveforms in there, like we were talking about -- a waveform that for some reason triggers something emotional.

mosc · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Deleted posts

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

It would be nice if there was something like a morph between this forum and a wiki. The cool thing about a wiki is that is has version control built in.

I imagine that Nosferatu had his reasons for nuking a bunch of his posts, but I think that what he did was akin to vandalism.

I have no idea if the forum software used here allows it, but I would love to see editing posts only available for a short period. A user could only edit a post for 24 hours (or some short-ish time).

blue hell · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject:

REwire · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject:

Don't anyone rush to extremes because one person ruined a thread.

We must continue to be able to edit our posts.

Don't let the terrorists win! Laughing

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

bearblock · Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 90 Location: uk Audio files: 1

aperiodicy is awesome. i've found chaotic modulators to be a good way of introducing it. one thing is was going to post on the jerkster thread but didn't was the similarity to a real musician's vibrato. if anyone knows scott walker, the string drone that introduces 'it's raining today' is kind of the territory i'm getting at. also the atonal bits in his latter-day work and people like sun ra and swans.

my oscs are two analogue systems rs-95s and they've never held me back in any way. FM is limited but if i wanted to go down that road i would get something with through-zero. but then i've never listened to a moog osc drone for an hour, it might actually be really good.

ultimately though these things are designed to be modulated. sterile/alive and warm/cold should all be within the scope of whoever is programming the synth.

blue hell · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

blue hell · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject:

bridechamber · Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 64 Location: Saint Paul, MN

Again, who knows why Nosferatu did what he did. In the grand scheme of things, he deleted his posts on a sometimes cantankerous and only fairly serious discussion of the most-marketable VCO. It's not a big enough deal to react to. I mean, he named himself after a vampire. Are we really surprised?

Razz

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

While I basically agree with a lot of the points regarding why editing is allowed, I think that in the case of a discussion board like this, the discussion is "owned" by the group. I think that if one person unilaterally defaces a thread, it is an affront to the group. If you change your mind, great, let us know what you're thinking now, don't go back and erase what you thought before.

FWIW, I also have trouble with artists revising their back catalog. People like Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas come to mind. Once something is released to the public, it becomes, to some extent, a shared thing. Go make some new art, don't swap guns for walkie-talkies, or make someone else shoot their gun first.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:58 am Post subject:

REwire · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

I just added the new Moog MF-107 FreqBox to my setup. If used as a VCO, it tracks 1/v oct, has variable CV controlled waveshape from Triangle to Pulse, ENV control, FM and Sync. The Processing side of it adds distortion, Env tracks any audio input and seriously makes a grungy sound. Nice full sound as well and a great contender for any setup.

synthetic · Joined: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 76 Location: Glendale, CA

One of the nice things about a modular is that you don't have to choose just one VCO. Smile

I just ordered two MOTM 300s, but I plan on adding other types later on. I'm reading with interest for modern (i.e. affordable) oscillators with the drifty life that Peake talks so much about. Even though I've surely disappointed him with my choice of format. Smile

Peake · Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

"In Heaven, everything is fine. You've got your good things, and I've got mine." -The Lady in the Radiator, "Eraserhead"