Doepfer

Yes Eric!
Please keep the DIRTAAHHHH names and graphixxx... honnestly I like the yellow... But 
silver and yellow, as I stated in Metasonix could be even cooler... and sneakier for the 
eyes!
Can<t wait to see those there! Oh and are you going to have some stuff at Moog Audio 
again in Montreal? "like back then"?

g.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "metasonix2000" <synth@...> wrote:
>
> 
> > And I think the yellow panels would be great.
> > with the tubes protruding from the panel are they running hot, enough to
> > either singe a hand or a patch cable?
> 
> Thanks all. Nice to see someone cares enough to answer.
> 
> No, the tubes won't get hot enough to melt patchcords or burn your
> fingers.
> At most, they will get a little too hot to hold with your fingers for
> extended periods. So don't hold them.
> 
> Convective cooling is critical here, thus the exposure. If they were
> enclosed in a cabinet they would run a lot hotter.
> 
> That VCO circuit is a really cute thing. I found it in a 1964
> textbook. It was called a "tuneable amplifier", even though it doesn't
> even provide any gain, in fact it attenuates the input signal a LOT.
> Control it with a 5C3 Vactrol, and it makes a strangely linear
> VCO.....I didn't expect that!
>