New kid on the block (chimera new bc16 synth)

andrasklang · Post by **andrasklang** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:33 pm

well, im sure this guy is much better of a person than that guy. BC i think is just a poor communicator. he needs to hire someone to run the pr game.

polardark · Post by **polardark** » Sat May 10, 2008 1:52 am

The latest update, 9 May 2008 contains the following inconsistent information:

VCO & LFO both use 24 bit / 48KHz converters (run at 48KHz).

A previous posting from 07 April 2008 mentioned the sample rate of the "VCO" as 192 kHz. The change of oscillator sample rate from 192 kHz to 48 kHz indicates a major revision of the hardware. These are fairly big hardware changes in just a month and it does suggest (if true) that actual production hardware did not yet exist when the 07 April posting was made.

I stick to my previously mentioned opinion that a sample rate of 48 kHz will cause oscillator sync (and possibly other modulations) to alias audibly. I think it seems like a very interesting synth (at a nice price) even despite of this but i wish the information was a bit more clear.

langmick · Post by **langmick** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:25 pm

polardark wrote:The latest update, 9 May 2008 contains the following inconsistent information:
VCO & LFO both use 24 bit / 48KHz converters (run at 48KHz).
These are fairly big hardware changes in just a month and it does suggest (if true) that actual production hardware did not yet exist when the 07 April posting was made...I stick to my previously mentioned opinion that a sample rate of 48 kHz will cause oscillator sync (and possibly other modulations) to alias audibly.

So if the core feature of this thing is that there are two oscillators and they run in a modulating mode, then this could be a big issue?

"VCO consists of digital oscillators feeding one output, VCOA & VCOB"

polardark · Post by **polardark** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:43 pm

langmick wrote:So if the core feature of this thing is that there are two oscillators and they run in a modulating mode, then this could be a big issue?

I wouldn't say a big issue, but yes. The sound would most likely have subtle digital artefacts with some inter-oscillator modulation, like oscillator sync. Considering that there are analogue filters present, this is probably not a big thing.. but nonetheless. I'm being anal about it all i guess :)

andrasklang · Post by **andrasklang** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:10 am

check music thing.

langmick · Post by **langmick** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:28 pm

He sent it to a well known music instrument blog...

I'm a cynic, big time, always been...

Henfield · Post by **Henfield** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:50 pm

Has anyone recieved anything from them yet? I have been eyeing the SM-16 sequencer, but I am reluctant to front any cash until I at least know that someone has received a BC-16 or an SM-16. I have corresponded with him about the SM-16, and he still has not listed any mini-banana to 1/8" or 1/4" cables to use the SM-16 to drive an analog synth other than the BC-16. He promised to have those on the site over a month ago and they are still not there. Other info and literature that he promised has been posted, but usually a few weeks after he promised them.

andrasklang · Post by **andrasklang** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:02 pm

i am a cynic too, however i have been in e-mail contact with him and i really feel like hes trying, even if its not totally working. im sure everything will pan out, even if he suffers a bit.

andrasklang · Post by **andrasklang** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:47 am

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2008/05/ ... video.html

langmick · Post by **langmick** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:33 pm

He said that he bought his, so it is evidently a piece of a production run, hand -delivered to a high profile music blog with a lot of readers.

Um, yeah, well, I have known eccentric British engineers, maybe Fisher is one of those types...

It is a very cool thing, that vid shows why I want one.

andrasklang · Post by **andrasklang** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:00 pm

yeah, there might still be 3 of them in existence. but its very awesome!

AstroDan · Post by **AstroDan** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:20 pm

Man...I'd be praying this thing never breaks down.

I'm sure this guy is totally decent, but this is why I steer clear of boutique stuff.

otto · Post by **otto** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:43 am

Sounds a bit atari-punk

langmick · Post by **langmick** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:08 pm

Maybe when I get mine, I'll put about three inches of foam on the outside.

th0mas · Post by **th0mas** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:46 pm

otto wrote:Sounds a bit atari-punk

I thought that a bit too, which is funny.. an atari punk costs $10 to build

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