is there a video demonstrating the Rubicon 2's symmetry in "lock" while being modulated at the same time as the through zero fm in a musical context? This and the warp circuit for the sub seems to be the most prominent differentiator separating it from the competition. What happens when you modulat...

perhaps it's something to do with that big red butt-plug of his?? yeah that's prolly it!! :metasonix: :metasonix: :metasonix: :? :despair: Sounds like somebody's jealous... And 99.9% of everyone who read that post saw only an acorn chair finial.. Well, obviously, Moog$Fool$ doesn't belong to the 99...

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perhaps it's something to do with that big red butt-plug of his?? yeah that's prolly it!!

Sounds like somebody's jealous...

Today, 25 October 2020, is Jon Anderson's 76th birthday. Jon Anderson is one of my all-time musical heroes.

Happy Birthday, Jon Anderson!!!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: J Daniel Cramer is a freaking genius. I'm also thrilled that I designed some of the circuits used in this patch.

I am hesitant to add anything to this thread, but I'll just say this: If you want a TZFM oscillator, you can rest assured that the Rubicon 2 is a TZFM oscillator. When I design circuits, it is never to "achieve a certain sound" -- I'm not nearly good enough at electronics to know whether a certain c...

For the last few days, I've been ODing on this:

I am guessing that you treat natural minor as the same scale as the major. But how would one change the root of the scale, so that it is not always in C? Also, did you consider the pentatonic scale? Natural minor = Aeolian mode = scale from the VI degree of major, so yes. To change the key, you'd h...

UPDATE -- I have laid out the logic board for selecting all the scales, and now have only to create a new layout for the octave and chromatic quantizer circuits, which will be very similar to the existing quantizer layout. I should be done with this new quantizer project very soon (but I need to mak...

Oooh, lovin' those layouts, dot matrix madness!!

Answer: It's completely nonsensical, because the tracking is actually adjusted with trimmers, so you could use 1% resistors there. You probably wouldn't want to use 5% resistors, not because they aren't accurate enough, but because they drift more with temperature than metal film resistors. Then aga...

I'm thinking of removing the A string from my guitar. Most of the time I just mute it with the tip of my thumb anyway.

dubonaire , I wasn't arguing that, because the earth is going to end anyway, there is no need for morality. I was just pointing out that if we destroy the earth (or harm it a lot) due to our selfishness and/or carelessness, that this is immoral, whereas when the sun expands to engulf the earth, thi...

The issue of Sound-On-Sound from April 2013 was largely devoted to modular synths. I know, because it features some of my designs.

Much of the content (I believe) is reproduced here:

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/se ... nthesizers

A big loss. He was a wonderful guitarist and an all-around good guy.

Also, don't forget about the Intellijel Morgasmatron -- dual multimode MS-20-inspired filters with internal crossfader, series/parallel routing options, and lots of other bells and whistles. (I designed most of it, so I'm partial to it.)

@ Dr S-n-E Have you actually tried that? Scan or copy is a good first step, but IME hardly as simple as you imply. If you have actual experience doing that I'd love to hear your methods. For example here's a scan of a 4012 CS drawing, and also a good flat shot of a 4019 VCA's SS. Both PCBs are 1.88...

I would just scan or copy the solder side of the PCB and transfer it directly to a new PCB with PnP Blue transfer paper.

Great and thoughtful response to my rant, Whelm . There's a lot there for me to mull over. Forget morality for the moment. Let's think about meaning. Does anything have "meaning?" I remember being pretty impressed many years ago with Fazal Inayat-Khan's argument that life is perfectly meaningless. I...

Well, in spite of all that I said the other day, I actually figured out 95% of the logic for the quantizer last night. Without getting into specifics, I will just mention that the key to it all is this amazing device known as the "tri-state CMOS buffer with enable" -- the SN74HCT125 has four of thes...

Edit: You recently called out Dr S-n-E to 'stay in his lane'. Suggest you do the same. Well, anybody who tells me to "stay in my lane" will earn a hearty "FUCK YOU" from ol' Dr. S-n-E. If I'd "stayed in my lane" I would have never started doing electronic design, and I would never have invented not...

For solid core, I only use 22 gauge. I use 99% of it for PCB jumpers -- I strip off a long section (7 or 8 inches, maybe) and bend and cut jumpers of various lengths (I use a piece of broken protoboard as the bending template). I only ever use it for "hookup" if I have to connect a pot to a jack, or...

I just wanted to announce that I've been having a hard time getting up the motivation to put the finishing touches on this quantizer design. I've been very busy with school work, and, more significantly, I have a lot of undone school tasks hanging over my head. In that situation, it is always hard f...

Sorry, dubonaire , I forgot that only you are "qualified" to talk about morality. Someone said "torturing people for the colour of their skin" -- yes, this is immoral. Doing anything to anyone except "helping" them is immoral. Considering any action, If you can answer this question positively: does ...

Morality is completely and absolutely subjective. It is, in fact, based entirely on our own responses. Human beings (well, most of us, anyway) have an innate sense of moral empathy -- you might think of it as the conscience, but that is an oversimplification. Consider this: you get up to pee in the ...