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Re: [Doepfer_a100] faster vactrol for A-101-9?

2011-01-26 by Ross Goniakowski

I tested and couldn't detect a difference between the channels. I also tryed an 
old Roland BF-2 Flanger and the results were even worse, square wave 
"jumps" were completely rounded off. I don't detect much lag controlling an 
A-145, so I'm going to assume different devices respond differently. If I need 
sudden shifts I'll stick with my Effectron or A-188-1.

thanks for your time...




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From: James Husted <james.husted@mac.com>
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 11:10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] faster vactrol for A-101-9?

  
Vactrols have a fairly high range of tolerance and in a single batch their may 
be ones that respond quite differently than others in the same bag. Do both 
channels in the module respond the same? The slewing in vactrols is part of 
their "charm" and won't be easily gotten away from I'm afraid but some do 
respond a lot faster than others, A great site on vactrols and even rolling your 
own is here - http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/board/index.php?topic=1254.0 
It has links to companies that sell them etc.
-James

On Jan 26, 2011, at 7:05 AM, Ross Goniakowski wrote:

> Curious if it's possible to replace the vactrol on one half of the Universal 
> Vactrol mod to get a quicker response. When I use it with an analog delay pedal 
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> there is a noticeable slew, not sure if that's how the pedal is reacting or if 

> it's the value of the vactrol in question. If it's possible to replace the 
> vactrol, what value would you recommend?
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> thanks... 
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