Re: [sc-users] make your digital oscillators sound like a moog!

[kernel <le_kernel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 Jan 2006, at 19:32, Sean Costello wrote:

> Also, for the first few decades of analog synth development, the 
> engineers
> tried to produce MORE stable VCOs. The Moog 901 VCO may have a great 
> sound,
> but try using one on stage for a few hours. In general, the industry 
> moved
> towards using stable oscillator chips from SSM, and CEM, as soon as 
> they
> were available.

I've got a doepfer modular catalogue (as near as I got to owning one) 
which bangs on about the SSM & CEM chips that they use in their filter 
modules.
so why are these things called 'chips'?  are they analog devices under 
stable digital control?  just curious.

anyway, I believe all DAC's have some inherent jitter in them - so my 
powerbook's built-in audio card sounds like a Moog after all!
oh well, a little DSP humour - sorry.

kernel.