I forgot I had a blog and I built a minimoog filter clone

this one on stripboard
http://www.yusynth.net/Modular/EN/MOOGVCF/index.html

I didn't want to believe all the words people describe that filter as, because it usually is nonsense I thought. warm and fat and whatever. But actually, it really is great. I have a new favorite. It clips when the input signal is too loud, and that makes an interesting sound. Something about when the resonance is approaching self-oscillation but not quite, it warbles just a little.

I even built it with vintage transistors, instead of the recommended bc557/547 because I happened to have some from a couple years ago when I bought a box of random components.

Anyway, its not going to help me make better music, but it sure is a fun toy


here it is but it doesn't have labels or knobs yet.