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If I'd make a string chorus PCB, what kind of multi-BBD circuit would you prefer?
Solina style (also: Crumar Performer, Böhm Phasing Rotor, and others)
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ARP Omni style
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Elka Synthex 4 BBD circuit
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other (please name in thread)
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I would want neither - it's old fashioned and overused, and if I need it, there are digital FX boxes
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

News on the Solina:

I have made some simulations, which revealed two very interesting details about the original Solina modulation circuit. I will not spill the beans about it yet, but I think the "classic clones" (Crumar, Boehm) probably don't have it. Hmm, the Crumar may have one of them. Smile

Anyway, this is something I won't rely on simulation only, so I've started a huge veroboard to make some experiments. The Dual 3-phase LFO is running already, and I could omit some of the bulkier caps by using modern components.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Definately the Solina, as I already have the BBD-parts Smile

Looking forward to it Smile

Greetz,

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Update

jhaible wrote:
Serenadi wrote:

Does that mean, the complete stringphaser requires three boards (each 27$ or so) ?


No, don't worry, certainly not 3 boards.

JH.


I've done a lot of layout work on the weekend, and the bigger part of the Solina board is done.

Good News: As it looks now, it will all fit on one board, so the price for the board will be under EUR 30.00 .

I think I have found a way to fit the 3 BBD lines close together without much interference, by applying very strict EMC design rules: Each Delay Unit (complete with clock oscillator, BBD and near-BBD filtering components) has it's own GND plane, interconnections are very short and all done as Microstrip lines.

Ok, I'll first have to try this on one prototype before I really know if it works, and if it doesn't, I have to throw the concept over and start from point zero, but that's my risk. Smile

Your benefit will be that if it works, it will be ultra-compact, so you can even think about retrofitting existing keyboards with whis. Or put it in a very compact box.
All is relative, of course: We're still talking 160mm x 100mm here, which is big compared to the average stomp box, but small compared to the interior of a Solina keyboard's interior, and even small compared to the Boehm Phasing Rotor 78.

The (hopefully slight) downside of this concept is that I'll probably ditch the Dual-BBD "Roland Chorus" mode. I had intended to use the overhead of two boards (instead of one) to be filled with the extra circuitry for this.
But I think with half tzhe size, and practically half the cost for the PCB, that will be ok, will it?
A dual BBD chorus mode would fit on another of my planned projects better, anyway: Adding a second (entirely optional) BBD to the CE-1 clone .

That's what's going thru my head right now.

I have to see how the remaining board space is eaten up, as I procedd layouting. As I said, the complete extra control circuits for the "Roland" mode won't fit in. But maybe the wonderful String-Sound-dedicated 3-band Equalizer of the Crumar Performer will. (No promise, but likely.)

Ah, and the whole thing might run from 15V single supply, to make building a PSU easier. (YOu can still connect it to a standard +/-15V modular synth supply with the +15V unused - we only need the -15V.

And finally: I have verified the little quirks of the original Solina modulation waveshapes, that make them differ from a simple superposition of slow and fast 3-phase LFO sine waves. These will be reproduced in my version, though by slightly different means, and partly adjustable.
Filters to band limit the signal to 12kHz (Solina) will be included, too. (YOu can bypass this, though.)

All for now. Back to RIMU (my layout tool).

JH.

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Vangelis, Heaven and Hell
Jeff Johnson, Shadow Play
Jean-Michel Jarre, The Concerts in China

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Ok cool !
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I wonder, Jurgen, if one of these could be easily built into a Lambda string machine in order to replace the (crappy) built-in chorus unit?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Norman Phay wrote:
I wonder, Jurgen, if one of these could be easily built into a Lambda string machine in order to replace the (crappy) built-in chorus unit?


Not sure if it would fit in there, mechanically.
Electronically, it _should_: I think the Lambda runs on +/-15V, but better double check this.

Hmm ... I own two Lambdas as well ... it's a very attractive idea indeed!

JH.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Regarding the filtration on the Low output, it would appear to be bandwidth limiting. I'd vote for an output with the filtration, alongside another out at the same amplitude without filtration.

On an instrumental, polyphonic level, the filtration makes great sense. For program or monophonic sounds, unfiltered would be a good option.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Peake wrote:
Regarding the filtration on the Low output, it would appear to be bandwidth limiting. I'd vote for an output with the filtration, alongside another out at the same amplitude without filtration.

On an instrumental, polyphonic level, the filtration makes great sense. For program or monophonic sounds, unfiltered would be a good option.


Hmm, yes. It's pretty dramatic filtering, though.
An old friend has offered a reasonable explanation: this might be for plugging it into an guitar amp, to compesate the mid boost you need for guitar.

It would be interesting to know how original-Solina owners usually play the instrument, high output or low output.

I think of adding that extra filtering, if there is space.
The wonderful 3-Band EQ of the Crumar performer has priority on my board, though.

You'll have 3 settings on my version:
1. Linear
2. Solina (12kHz)
3. Crumar (3-band EQ)

Plus the bypassed signal.

if there's space left, I'll add the "Reverse Guitar Amp Filter" (for lack of a better term)

JH.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Cool, variety is the best option.

The bandwidth limiting might have been to ease mixing, to simulate the fundamental cancellation which occurs with numerous instruments playing simultaneously. Or something.

People dismiss small sounds, but they're the easiest to mix. The "Low" output filtration would be cake for anyone to include themselves, if they had to have it.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hey Jurgen

I'd be in for a PCB if & when they materialize.

I was chatting with a mate yesterday and he was saying how he'd love a pedal version of the Solina chorus --- I'd not read through this thread before but had noticed it and so putting two&two together.......

Cheers,
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Here's something you will like: Very Happy

http://www.jhaible.heim.at/triple_chorus/triple_chorus.html

But it's still completely untested. Just to give you an idea what it will look like if that design will work.

And some text about the understanding the Solina Chorus - or at least the way I think I understand it.

JH.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I don't know if I have put myself down for a couple of Solina
PCBs yet but I will have two when they appear please.

regards Keith
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

jhaible wrote:
Here's something you will like: :D

http://www.jhaible.heim.at/triple_chorus/triple_chorus.html

But it's still completely untested. Just to give you an idea what it will look like if that design will work.

And some text about the understanding the Solina Chorus - or at least the way I think I understand it.

JH.

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Yes! I do indeed like!
Very nice work - I'll point my mate towards it and he'll be darn excited.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

solina definitely ! i have a string ensemble but i'd love to be able to get the chorus with controls in a separate box

also the roland re501 chorus echo has a simple but lush chorus
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Exciting stuff. I believe that I see a mix output and individual chorus taps as well. And connections for the three EQ points you'd mentioned? Sweet.

One question... No variable control for the two LFO rates? Would they sound odd at different frequencies due to the waveshaping you'd mentioned? Thanks for any response.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Peake wrote:
Exciting stuff. I believe that I see a mix output and individual chorus taps as well. And connections for the three EQ points you'd mentioned? Sweet.


Yes. I decided to make th emain signal path mono, but to provide individual outputs, so everyone can mix his or her own stereo version, if needed.

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One question... No variable control for the two LFO rates? Would they sound odd at different frequencies due to the waveshaping you'd mentioned? Thanks for any response.


Just like the original. You can adjust both LFOs, but the more you deviate from the intented setting, the more your 3-phase balance will be off. Which may or may not sound interesting.

I made this decision to be as close to the original as possible, sacrificing some flexibility. For general multi-delay line experiments, there's plenty of stuff around, from BBD modules to digital FX boxes to virtual modulars.

JH.

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Oh- The two LFO rates are an integral aspect of the resulting phase distribution? Not being able to surmise behaviour from schematics (or much else), I'd taken the post-LFO phase network to have been the important part.

Thanks. I'll be asking after a pair of boards when the time comes. Good work!
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Update

I feel like being among the living again. Very Happy
Thank God, the virus has only hit my equilibrium system, and not my inner ear, as it did on a colleague at work.

I'll be back to work on monday, and I'll slowly pick up my PCB projects, too.

During my illness, the prototype PCBs for the Compact Clone, the Solina ensemble, and the Frequency Shifter, all arrived, one by one, from Olimex.
My wife even brought one to the hospital, to cheer me up a little.
It was about the last thing I was interested in, then, though, but I love her for doing this.

Now I'm even looking forward to go back to work - I can't just sit and do nothing for more than a couple of weeks, work-a-holic that I am.
And I'm looking forward to build and to test these PCBs.
I don't know the exact order in which these 3 projects will be available, but I think they will come in rapid succession. The Solina will probably be the first, because it relies on the availability of the TDA 1022 chips.

So, if you're interested in Solina Ensemble emulator boards, it's a good time to buy your TDA1022's now, if you haven't already.
You need 3 of these chips for one Ensemble board.

JH.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Nice work Jurgen and glad you're bouncing back. I've got to have a hospital operation at the start of Nov. which is going to keep me from working pretty much all month - luckily I get to convalesce at home, but it'll be hard to stop from doing all the day-to-day things. Its hard to put down work when it is busy and fun..


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TDA1022s
- they've got them at SmallBear at $6.50 each
I haven't seen any other sources as yet.. None on Ebay..

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bugbrand wrote:
I've got to have a hospital operation at the start of Nov.


I wish you all the best for this!

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TDA1022s
- they've got them at SmallBear at $6.50 each


I think that's a good price.

JH.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

you can get the tda1022 also at vintageplanet.nl, but they are much more expensive there...

best wishes,

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b-funk wrote:
you can get the tda1022 also at vintageplanet.nl, but they are much more expensive there...

best wishes,

tobias.


6.95 (Euros I suppose) isn't that expensive, either, IMO.

JH.

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I just happen to have three TDA1022's. So put me down for one.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I'd be interested in one too Smile

What a marvelous project Smile

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Good to hear your well Jurgen,

grandata appear to have TDA's in the UK - not tried them yet, just about to.


http://www.grandata.co.uk/acatalog/Grandata__TDA_745.html#a18601
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