[sdiy] Low Pass Gate is soooOOOOooo sweet

[mark verbos]

Sorry I missed this thread! I was out of town, but I would just like to 
say that it was you all along, you just needed someone to empower you. ;)

congratulations

mark




Peter Grenader wrote:

>Gentlemen and lady (hello to Cynthia),
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>I need to open by saying Mark Verbos is the most helpful and patient guy in
>Europe.   I owe him my liver.
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>Secondly, I've built now three low pass gates which closely resemble those
>of THE modern day underworld God of instrument design himself, who's name
>rhymes with 'Mooklah".
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>Once I got the first one ironed out,(which had about a billion errors in it,
>including some really really stupid component subs on my part), the rest
>were a blink.  
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>About a second after I got them up I did a taste test against a standard,
>non-vactrol based VCA. The verdict:  the Low Pass Gate is the sweetest
>sounding amplitude modifier ever conceived.  It's been 22 years since I've
>snuggled up to these things.  I had forgotten.  There is no comparison for
>short envelopes.
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>I suggest you all give it a try.  Build an LPG, buy a Borg filter and get
>with it the best-sounding multimode filter to hit the pyke in a decade (my
>opinion), or wait until the mystery mods start showing up by Mr. Mooklah
>himself - but get your hands on one of these things.
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>If you're as dangerous with a soldering iron in your hand like I am, you
>might consider replacing the 7.5 supply/SPDT switch/ 4016 analog switch
>combo Mark suggests with a singular TPDT switch.  Saves you from worrying
>about the regulated supply and the wiring of the CMOS part altogether.  I
>did this on the last 2 and it was in fact a lot easier.  Another warning -
>there are some unexpected twists and turns in Mr. Mook's schematic layouts.
>The op amp ins are reversed from where you would expect them to be.  Go by
>the pin-outs, you be good.
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>Get an LPG, you be REAL good.
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