From breynold@usc.edu Tue Mar 18 13:15:13 2003
Subject:Re: Boutique Vibrato/Chorus box

Funny. A couple of weeks ago, I suggested a Hammond Chorus in a Box in an
email to Steve Hayes, sort of as a joke. He didn't reply at the
time. Maybe, if enough of us wanted it, he'd do it!

At 07:50 PM 3/18/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Don't hate me, but 3 weeks ago, after 2yrs of compulsive websurfing,
>I tracked down a hammond at a price I couldn't say no to. A102 in
>near perfect condition, 1hr outside of Boston. I paid $900.
>
>Among other things, the real thing showed me how uninspiring the
>vibrato/chorus on my V5 is which led me to think about whether a box
>could be designed inspired by the design principles of the speakeasy
>preamp but for vibrato.
>
>That is, take the B3 linebox design and implement all the stages of
>the vibrato scanner, but then use a digitally controlled analog mux
>(could still be capacitively coupled like a real hammond scanner)
>instead of a physical scanner. Has anyone ever tried this? It
>should work in principle and would be a fun project to try but until
>I can figure out those inductor values (waiting on a service manual)
>I can't do any testing or simulation.
>
>I know I would pay for a box that is to the mechanical vibrato
>scanner as the speakeasy is to the tube preamp.
>
>-Ben
>
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