Doepfer

Hi all,

Before there were plans for several bbd-modules, but it sounds like 
there will be only one big fat extremely cool 'universal' bbd module 
now? Great news! 

Just one remark: personally I wouldn't mind an additional bbd 
module that's optimized for solid sound at delay times around 500 
ms or longer, but just as an extra, you know...  ;-)   


On 13 Oct 2005, at 3:34, Bakis Sirros wrote:

> hello david,
> it's a Switched Capacitor filter. don't ask me though
> anything more, i do not know. i guess that it sounds
> quite different from the other filter modules? dieter?
> best regards,
> bakis.
> 
> 
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> --- David Salter <david.salter@reuters.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fantastic.
> >  
> > I'm really looking forward to the sound files for
> > the BBD module, very
> > interesting.
> >  
> > I may have missed something but any ideas on what
> > the " SC-filter " is?
> >  
> > Rgds
> >  
> > David
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> > ________________________________
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> > From: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
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> > On Behalf Of Bakis Sirros
> > Sent: 13 October 2005 11:14
> > To: Doepfer_a100 group
> > Subject: [Doepfer_a100] latest doepfer news!
> > 
> > 
> > dieter says:
> > "we are very busy as we want to show some new
> > modules
> > at the NAMM in January. During the last few days the
> > prototype of the BBD module was assembled, tested
> > and
> > corrected/improved and I'm confidential that it will
> > be ready for NAMM. After the first tests with the
> > new
> > BBD circuits I have changed my mind (in my last
> > messages I was not sure if we will manufacture a BBD
> > module - now I am !). After playing with the
> > prototype
> > (which looks very confused in the meantime because
> > of
> > the many additional soldered parts and wires)  I
> > really love the imperfections and drawbacks of the
> > BBDs. I can say that it can be a very extreme
> > sounding
> > module and it will be up to the musician to use it
> > in
> > a standard application (normal flanger/chorus/short
> > delay) or beyond the usual conditions. E.g. the BBD
> > circuits are normally allowed/specified for a
> > minimum
> > clock rate of 10kHz. Yesterday we modified the (of
> > course voltage controlled) clock oscillator so that
> > it
> > can go down to a few hundred Hz. Completely strange
> > sounds appear at low clock frequencies as the BBDs
> > are
> > operated out of their specifications. It sounds very
> > lofi, a bit like a bit cruncher or a the A-112 at
> > low
> > clock settings. The reason for the strange sound is
> > not only the low clock frequency but even the BBD
> > behaviour as the 2048 capacitors of the circuit have
> > "problems" to keep their charges as the clock
> > frequency becomes smaller. In principle a BBD is
> > made
> > of a lot of capacitors (2048 for our module) and the
> > charges are forwarded from one capacitor to the next
> > one at each new clock. So it's nothing but an analog
> > shift register but limited to a minimum clock rate
> > of
> > ~ 10kHz. At lower frequencies signal losses appear
> > (in
> > addition to the always existing poor signal of a BBD
> > device). I will do some MP3's and publish them
> > a.s.a.p.
> > 
> > For the rest of this week the SC-filter prototype
> > has
> > to be assembled and tested and next week the core of
> > the universal AD/DA module is planned (smd board
> > with
> > processor and delay memory) . I will give you
> > details
> > as soon as I know more.
> > 
> > Since 2 weeks we even have much more web space
> > available so that we will put more sound examples to
> > our web site. But there are so many jobs to do and
> > we
> > have to decide what to do first.
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > Dieter"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > GREAT or what????
> > Bakis
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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