vLinn LM-1, User Manual

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Modern sample playback techniques, which use phase accumulators and high quality interpolation,
do a pretty good job of producing the "correct" signal, but this doesn't have a gritty vintage sound
because the image frequencies aren't there. The result is that low resolution samples just sound
dull.
This is particularly the case on the LM-1 when you lower the sample pitch; if you import a sample of a
Linn LM-1 in a modern software or sampler and try to pitch it down, it will not sound the same and,
depending on the interpolation method, will sound really less bright and nasty.
Keeping the same gritty 8-bit sound at any pitch was very important for VLINN VST to produce an
accurate output.
Here is a comparison between a down-pitched LM-1 Claps sample at 13000 Hz in a modern audio
editor VS a 13000 Hz tuned claps in VLINN VST, among the differences, one is clearly visible, one
really lacks high frequency content.
The graphic ranges from 0Hz to 22050Hz.
In VLINN VST like on the hardware, this process happens in real time as byte are coming to the DAC
at the emulated XR2206 (Oscillator Clock) speed.