via Scott Stites on this electro-music thread. Sample at the post (it sounds gooood).
"From way up north, Mankato way, land of a thousand lakes and even more synth designs, comes a new VCO design from Thomas Henry. Grab your spare 3080 and put it in a safe place.....
Thomas calls it a workhorse VCO - Expo FM, Lin FM, triangle, PWM and one hell of a pure sine wave. On top of that, in typical Thomas Henry fashion, it is an elegantly simple design - I was amazed at how quickly I breadboarded it. But, don't let the simplicity fool you - this thing has got an *amazingly* accurate 9 octave range and it plays beautifully. I love this little VCO already. Page to come, schematics, PCB layout, the works.
Here's a quick sample of it - no big musical event, just the VCO piped through the Mankato filter I've had on breadboard since the summer of 2004. I modulate it here and there with an LFO, and the PW is modulated by another LFO (the wave heard is the PWM wave). And, of course, I use my patented Too Much Reverb(R) effect. Of course, it's the Thomas Henry keyboard controlling it.
Remember, this is with no tempco with a patch held together with alligator clips. I spent about three minutes tuning the VCO (it tuned easier than any VCO I've ever dealt with, don't know why - of course, I haven't tuned it to the gnat's ass yet - I'm having too much fun Very Happy ).
Coming soon to an Internet Near You.
Scott"
Thursday, May 24, 2007
5 comments:
To reduce spam, comments for posts older than one week are not displayed until approved, usually same day. Do not insult people. For items for sale, do not ask if it is still available. Check the auction link and search for the item. Auctions are from various sellers and expire over time. Posts remain for the pics and historical purposes. This site is meant to be a daily snapshot of some of what was out there in the world of synths.
PREVIOUS PAGE
NEXT PAGE
HOME
© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH
© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Very smooth. Stop it or I'll have to start buying modular stuff, too. Like I need another hobby.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a CS80. Very vangellis for sure.
ReplyDeleteHey Doc,
ReplyDeleteIt's funny you should say that, I just mentioned that same thing to Thomas a couple of days ago about the Mankato filter. I think this VCO complements it nicely, too.
For this sample, I used the same Mankato filter I breadboarded in summer 2004 to beta test it for Thomas, - it's still on the same breadboard. Anyway, every time I fire it up with a new patch I think "Wow, that's very Moogy" or "Man, that's like a 2040" or "Hmmm....sounds like a GX-1". Then it *finally* dawned on me - I'm so used to building clones of filters, I just don't know what to think of an actual new, fresh design, which is what the Mankato is. It's not a clone of anything, which fools my brain. I simply love that filter. I'm not saying that because I'm financially tied to it in any way - I'm not (Magic Smoke owns the rights). But, my God, that thing is a work of art.
Matrix - thanks for posting the link!
Cheers,
Scott
Yes, I wish to buy a few of those filters too for the lower-east side section of the modular.
ReplyDeleteThey both do sound terrific for sure.
What an amazingly sweet, buttery sound. Wow.
ReplyDelete