200e

The reason for the question came from the descriptive text on the 
285e page as follows..."A separate output is dedicated to classic 
ring modulation, a subset of balanced modulation." If they were 
identical this statement would not have much point....I guess, 
maybe.... 



--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, Chris Muir <cbm@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:13 AM, derwskee wrote:
> 
> > Looking at the new 285e I am not sure I know the sonic difference
> > between Ring Mod and Balanced Mod...I know what Ring Mod does.
> >
> I had always considered the terms Balanced Modulator and Ring  
> Modulator synonyms, myself. I thought that this referred to 
circuits  
> that created sum and difference tones, while suppressing the 
carrier &  
> modulator, as opposed to AM where the carrier is still present.
> 
> The 261e AM section goes from AM into ring modulation, so I 
imagine  
> that the 285e circuit does something similar
> 
> > Also
> > curious of the internal vs external reference functions: when set 
ot
> > Internal does this provide an internal Modulator signal that can  
> > itself
> > be FM/CV modulated...
> >
> Yes, there is an internal oscillator (actually two: one for the 
freq  
> shifter and one for the balanced mod section), which can be 
pitched  
> around and FMed.
> 
> - C
> 
> Chris Muir
> cbm@...	
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>