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Re: New Formant builder and user

2005-04-12 by Kris Bishop

Hi T.W

I can't understand the book so I have had to use the circuits and 
work from there. So I have caught a couple of problems and working 
on them just now. Could you give me a pointer to the web sites you 
mentions as I have been unable to find them

Cheers
Kris

--- In ElektorFormant@yahoogroups.com, Terje Winther 
<terje.winther@n...> wrote:
> Hi Kris,
> 
> >Hope you get on ok. If you've got most of the parts it should be 
ok. I'm
> >building the new modules from the German book. No it has never 
been
> >published in english.
> 
> OK, thank you.
> 
> >  There are a couple of mistakes poping up in the new
> >book. For instance the powersuppply pcb is flipped and needs 
rotated.
> 
> Oh - you are talking about the Formant Pro by H.-J. Helm? I´ve 
tried 
> that one, but it is so full of errors and mistakes, that I dropped 
> it. Have some of the modules in working order in my large modular, 
> though.
> 
> All the PCBs, front panels and parts are to an original Elektor 
> Formant of the 1970s.
> 
> >Just got one of my VCO's working, Adsr 1 working, LFO only one 
working. VCA
> >and VCF to be tested once support brackets and front panel 
assembled.
> 
> Best of luck. There are a few sites dealing with corrections of 
the Helm book.
> 
> 
> -- 
> tw.  :)

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