True vibrato
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True vibrato
I am contemplating a 'true viabrato' stanadalone effect.
I know its a bit old news, but I thought Merlin's design was interesting:
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j207/ ... Vibrotron/
Anyone built one?
(Also I know Steve Luckey and a few other guys at the Hoffman forum have built a vibrato unit using saturable reactors, and I hve managed to procure a couple of these from a buddy of mine in the US to experiment with. (Anyone here built one of those?)
Apart from that there are these projects:
http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/liquidator1/
http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/hammonator2/
(Anyone built one of these?)
Interested to hear of anyone's experience/experiments, and thoughts of continuous improvement in that regard.
TIA
Pete
I know its a bit old news, but I thought Merlin's design was interesting:
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j207/ ... Vibrotron/
Anyone built one?
(Also I know Steve Luckey and a few other guys at the Hoffman forum have built a vibrato unit using saturable reactors, and I hve managed to procure a couple of these from a buddy of mine in the US to experiment with. (Anyone here built one of those?)
Apart from that there are these projects:
http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/liquidator1/
http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/hammonator2/
(Anyone built one of these?)
Interested to hear of anyone's experience/experiments, and thoughts of continuous improvement in that regard.
TIA
Pete
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Re: True vibrato
None of the circuits you link to will generate a true vibrato.
Merlins is a variation of Vox circuit which was taken from Wurlitzer cinema organ.
The other two perform similar, more tweakable function but still no vibrato.
Vibrato is a change in pitch, to achieve electronically requires manipulation of the original signal in time domain which above cited circuits do not.
To be fair, phasing at certain setting settings may fool your brain to think it's vibrato.
Merlins is a variation of Vox circuit which was taken from Wurlitzer cinema organ.
The other two perform similar, more tweakable function but still no vibrato.
Vibrato is a change in pitch, to achieve electronically requires manipulation of the original signal in time domain which above cited circuits do not.
To be fair, phasing at certain setting settings may fool your brain to think it's vibrato.
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Re: True vibrato
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Re: True vibrato
Steve Luckey's unit sounds good tho'
http://home.comcast.net/~seluckey/amps/ ... rbler1.mp3
http://home.comcast.net/~seluckey/amps/ ... rbler2.mp3
http://home.comcast.net/~seluckey/amps/ ... rbler1.mp3
http://home.comcast.net/~seluckey/amps/ ... rbler2.mp3
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Re: True vibrato
I realise this - that's why I put it in inverted commasVacuumVoodoo wrote:None of the circuits you link to will generate a true vibrato.
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¿¡ is the meaning of inverted commas same as this: ⸮
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Re: True vibrato
How about this one?
http://www.thermionic.info/dorf/Dorf_Th ... ibrato.pdf
I have the magazine that this article appeared in, but it is also located at the above site.
Jack
http://www.thermionic.info/dorf/Dorf_Th ... ibrato.pdf
I have the magazine that this article appeared in, but it is also located at the above site.
Jack
Re: True vibrato
That looks very cool. Thanks JackJack Hester wrote:How about this one?
http://www.thermionic.info/dorf/Dorf_Th ... ibrato.pdf
I have the magazine that this article appeared in, but it is also located at the above site.
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Re: True vibrato
Yeah would love to know how that last one sounds.