SynthModules

I think the point of the whole discussion is that using unscientific 
terms like signal to noise ratio is misleading. The only way you 
can really tell anything about a synth is to buy it.

And the one you like today may be different from what one you 
like 10 or 20 years from now, as your tastes change and/or you 
become more experienced.

I used to like large format systems like Moog 900s. Now they 
look comical to me.

Here is a quote: "I used to be able to carry 10 times more than I 
could afford, now it's the other way around."

--- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" 
<michaelmarsh@s...> wrote:
> 
> All very interesting indeed.  But when one analog modular 
synth adds
> achingly audible hiss to my recordings and others do not, I 
dump the
> noisy one...rightly or wrongly, I guess!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> --- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "grantrichter2001"
> <grichter@a...> wrote:
> > 
> > My personal feeling is that calculating SNR and THD from a 
24 
> > bit FFT is more accurate than a voltmeter. The FFT shows 
you its 
> > own error contribution, where the voltmeter does not.
> > 
> > Everybody uses a different method, there is hardly any way to 
> > compare such specifications accurately.
> > 
> > --- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "john mahoney" 
> > <jmahoney@g...> wrote:
> > > > It might be useful to note that signal to noise ratio is 
different
> > > > than the noise floor. The noise floor is the actual hiss 
> > (thermal
> > > > noise).
> > > 
> > > Thanks for clarifying that, Grant!  (I had my doubts when I 
> > posted it, but
> > > that didn't stop me. ;-)
> > > 
> > > I was poking around the Bergfotron site, yesterday. It has a 
> > chart
> > > http://www.idg.se/personal/bergfors/bergfotron/VCA.htm 
which 
> > got me
> > > wondering -- there are 2 SNR columns and some 
"attenuation" 
> > columns. Oops!
> > > Then I looked at an Analog Devices VCA datasheet that had 
> > both SNR and
> > > dynamic range specs, and I knew that a correction was in 
> > order.
> > > --
> > > john