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Old 10th Nov 2019, 12:59 am   #45
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Default Re: Mellotron!

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Originally Posted by dglcomp View Post

Agreed, the Minimoog drives the filter circuit too hard and as such creates distortion that is responsible for part of it's signature sound.
Plus the fact that passive components are heat sensitive causes the instabilities in analogue synths that despite being much maligned and removed in digital synths, are what make analogue synths more "organic" and why remakes of now legendary synths are in so much demand. Behringer can't make their clones quick enough!
It didn't help that some early users used to get quite abusive to their synths, Keith Emmerson being guilty of this.
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