(FWIW…my taste would be to just get the 14 filters to 14 output jacks, and that's it. I might then add some quad VCAs. I'm not so worried about rack space.)

Good analysis @KSS. In your SFAM design, how much rework of the B914 has to be done? None. Still have to see how the theory -educated guesses, really- matches up with reality, but everything points to this answer. And is part of the choice to pursue SFAM's instead of other means to the end. Please ...

Not sure if you will be checking back here but I'd like to say just one thing and then follow with a bit of context: Thank you! At some point in the early 70's I ordered my first Electronotes publications, and at the same time I was learning synthesis at my university on an ARP 2600. Since then I've...

I don't see how this is relevant. It's Bernie's copyright. He is free to do with it what he wants. The market value of Electronotes has nothing to do with it unless there is a suit and a violation goes to court. If he wanted a library to take it on as a collection he could donate it plus $5000 to pa...

I’m not saying this is Bernie’s motivation, but upon his death I believe the copyright would pass on to his estate just like any other property. For some that would be reason enough to protect a copyright for materials not currently in press.

If you are recording into a DAW I think your best bet would be to buy Helix Native. For the cost of an expensive module you will get all the guitar distortion and cabs you could want, plus a ton of effects that are good on most any sound, not just guitars. Just make a plucked and sustaining pure-ish...

Something I did decades ago for sub-audio CV,s CV in -> VCO sine -> 914 filter -> envelope follower -> CV out If CV in is a sawtooth the filter bank knobs will be in sequence CV out. A weird waveshaper for slow CV waves you can modify in performance. If you just feed CV out back to CN in it will loc...

Yep, I wasn't expecting an LC for that price too... or solid gold faceplate. But as I've already said, Behringer shouldn't have marketed it as "an authentic reproduction", even if I guess that the word "authentic" has no legal value in any country... In fact, it's a subtle module, not very spectacu...

One lesson from additive synthesis is that you can have several different looking results that sound the same. To approximate a sawtooth, for example, you have to get the right sine wave relationships both in frequency AND phase. Additive synthesis has a deeper history in the realm of academic compu...

Until the BARP is released purchases in the space are pretty speculative. If the BARP turns out to be a sound-alike, demand for the others will fall. If the BARP turns out to not capture the 2600 magic, demand for the others might actually go up. A lot of people are staying on the sidelines until th...

The bit about noise cancelling headphones causing or aggravating tinnitus is a myth. It simply doesn't happen. Tinnitus sounds louder in quiet surroundings. Maybe they hear their already existing tinnitus better when there is no environmental sound drowning it out. But there is no causal effect. And...

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Can the metal sides be reversed to hide the logo?

Or use a big holesaw to remove the logo and at the same time give side access for cords.

Ha! Not a bad idea actually.

Anyway, I watched the video and they printed logos on *both* sides.

grumble grumble….

Can the metal sides be reversed to hide the logo?

Adding noise on top of noise can only do so much.

Might be time to order up some noise canceling headphones. They Sony's I have are pretty amazing in creating a "cone of silence." You can also use them in the studio and hear more of your music without having to turn up louder than might be healthy.

Here's my question. For many it's the most important question, but perhaps the hardest one to answer in a satisfying way to the reader. Does this thing *sound and play like* a Moog System 55? (Right now a mini-System 55 would look very cute in my studio. But that's not enough for me. But if it sound...

Early on I made a strategic decision to concentrate on timbre generation in the rack, and to offload compositional control to my Mac. Thus the Expert Sleepers modules. Along the top are sound modifiers. Along the bottom are control voltage processors. (I'm into various kinds of irregular sources.) ...

Found the video most amusing. Plus it was effective in that I felt like I had to check out the website. What a creative set of products!

Early on I made a strategic decision to concentrate on timbre generation in the rack, and to offload compositional control to my Mac. Thus the Expert Sleepers modules. Along the top are sound modifiers. Along the bottom are control voltage processors. (I'm into various kinds of irregular sources.) A...

One more…

Pay attention to the range of the natural instruments. Single voice orchestral instruments tend to only extend 4 octaves or less. If you can get 3 good sounding octaves you've done well.

Here is a chart:

https://i.redd.it/z1p2g66cyf821.jpg

One more suggestion. If you really want to synthesize a timbre as close to a violin or viola etc… Have on hand some string quartet or solo recordings, preferably classical and with as little studio enhancement as possible. Go back and forth between your developing patch and a recording of the real t...

I’ve been using a couple Spitfire string sample libraries that support multiple articulations and controllers. If the goal is to add as realistic a string section as possible you aren’t going to synthesize something better. The point of using a synth here should be to make intentionally string-LIKE ...

The Doors also live on through Joy Division. One of Ian Curtis's obsessions.

Here's the thing about the Doors. They have 3 kinds of things going on. The blues stuff is pretty bad. The Jim Morrison as Shamanistic Poet stuff is at times hard to take.

But the Doors as Pop/Rock singles stars are really remarkable.

At some point you are better off with something like an Arduino behind the panel with arbitrary ins, outs, and knobs, and the USB connector on the front panel. Coding such a thing would not be terribly difficult.

Random note - the Behringer Moog 914 "clone" will NOT be using the same inductor based filters as the original. (It's distinctly NOT a clone.) It will, however, be very inexpensive. I'll be interested to hear one.