Wiardgroup

If you keep designing all these amazing devices I will need a new hat  
to fit all this headband! Or I will need taller doors... Or a smaller  
head?

Thanks again for making the universe even more interesting and fun to  
flail about in Grant!



On May 27, 2010, at 9:25 PM, "Grant" <grichter@asapnet.net> wrote:

> While I swore I would never do a sawtooth core oscillator because  
> there were too many already, several small developments have lead to  
> my "uber" core oscillator begin shipping this week from Malekko.
>
> 1. I realized a common public domain sawtooth phase shifter could be  
> coupled to Terry Michaels sawtooth core, perfectly.
>
> 2. Terry showed me a degenerarive emitter sine shaper he has been  
> tinkering with for the last 9 years.
>
> So we end up with all the usual suspects for a "East Coast" sawtooth  
> VCO coupled with some "minty fresh" new features.
>
> With the exception of "Wavemakers" who has always beats me to  
> everything, we have:
>
> 1. A set of three outputs all phase variable from their "I"(inphase)  
> origiana lset. Q would be wrong here since Q(quadrature) is only 90  
> degrees while this is 0 - 360 degrees. Call them "V". These can be  
> summed with various inversions and phase relationship to produce an  
> unusually large number of source waveforms (fits both East and West  
> Coast models)
>
> (don't forget every other output on the "Boogie" is phase inverted,  
> with Freq set to max the "Boogie" is just a set of 2 followers and 2  
> inverters)
>
> 2. Hard Sych: Old Skool, Use of SQR2 into synch of second oscillator  
> produces "phase modulated synch" invented by Ron Rivera and heard by  
> only those blessed with access to the tiny number of Ron Rivera  
> modified 2600s and Minimoogs. Also try "Anti-Oscillator" Mayhem  
> input to Synch. Tasty!
>
> 3. The best sine converter I have ever seen. Typical THD readings  
> for various synths if they bothered to have a sine wave:
>
> ARP 2600 10% THD
> Buchla 258 3% THD
> Wiard 341 <1.0% THD
> Malekko "Oscillator" <0.2% THD
>
> Some people have the impression that the Euro-Format is some how  
> "inferior" to the 300 and 1200 series. Consider them each an  
> orchestral section, different emphasis, different aesthetic results,  
> same "shark-like" obsession with making you laugh with delight for  
> the effort of wafting a feather.
>
> Also all Wiard products interconnect seamlessly with each other. A  
> mixed, 300, 1200, Euro system is not even noticeable by the  
> composer, except for the ever increasing size of the headband you  
> will need for your hat.
>
>