SV: Re: [sdiy] BBD clock circuit

[harry bissell]

anthony wrote:
> Hey Harry,
> We all know you think BBD's suck, but WHY? And what do you use in 
> place of them? Phasers, resonant filters and digital delays?
LOL.  BBDs are a rather complex and somewhat unforgiving device.  At 
best, with the best design
and all the tricks applied.... they rival a decent quality cassette 
player in quality. At worst they are expensive
and die very young.

The reason they are not more used, these days... is because for almost 
all delay and echo applications...
the Digital Delay has replaced them.  Hell... it has pretty much 
replaced tape as well. And Vinyl...
(flamesuit on :^)

My major complaint with the BBD... is newbies who say "This is my first 
DIY project and I'd like
to make an echo unit with maybe 1 second (or more) delay... I'll use a BBD.

Danger, Will Robinson. BAD project for Newbie.  Bad project for 
experienced designer as well...

I use JH's 'Storm Tide Flanger" as an example of the complexity needed 
to make BBDs really work.
Good pre and post filters, companding, etc.  I'll wager careful, 
thoughtful layout as well (you did do a good
layout job, didn't you Juergen ??? :^)

BBDs might still be viable for very short (flanging) delays.  Other than 
that they are a waste of time...

unless... UNLESS...

you really ~like~ the sound of SUCK !!!   (lo-fi anyone)... in which 
case I actually am a BBD endorsee...

I have done DIY with BBD, BTW.  It was not very successful. At least I 
got my money back from a lo-fi'er.
Might add that today I could probably do it well... but why waste my 
time at this point. I can buy a digital
for lawn-mowing money.

H^) harry  (they call me MISTER bbd...)
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> In general I'd disagree with you, but trying to use 3 BBD devices at 
> once sometimes gets me thinking your way!
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>> that for a BBD (which suck, btw :^) which is single ended at the clock
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>> H^) harry
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