here are my BEST PRACTICE tipps of
Step-by-step guide
- read the capacitor types page at first, to know the difference between polar, bi/unpolar capacitors
- read this best practice page
- find a reseller for capacitors Shopping Tipps Home
- design and build your synth
we have around 50 different capacitor types and each with are different in casetype, footprint, dielectric
i describe here for now only the THT (Thruhole) Versions what we use for Synths, Effects, Drumcomputer, Eurorack and 4U/5U Formats like Serge, MU, MOTM..
| Numer | Type | Dielectricum | picture | benefit | use-case | BEST Practice | negative | identify | Footprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MLCC (Multilayer Ceramic Disc Capacitor) | C0G or NP0 | temperature stable, timing stable longterm capacitor | VCO timing, VCF Core "Clock timer" | for small pcbs/designs, cheaper than | expensive for bigger capactiy values (above 100pf) | for values less 1nF mostly dark yellow colour, TDK use normally light or dark blue colours for the body | normally only in RM2, RM2.5 and RM5 avaible | |
| 2 | MLCC | X5R X7R | cheap, longterm capacitor | bypass capacitor | microphonic effect possible | normally only avaible in yellow colours from 470pF - 2uF | normally only in RM2, RM2.5 and RM5 avaible | ||
| 3 | Polypropylene (PP) Filmcap | (PP) | temperature stable, timing stable longterm capacitor | VCO timing, VCF Core "Clock timer" | avaible in 1% tolerance, perfect for high precision application | bis size | avaiable in RM2 - RM20 | ||
| 4 | Styroflex (Styrene) | temperature stable, timing stable longterm capacitor | VCO timing, VCF Core "Clock timer" | very popular for VCF /Filtercore the sound is different to C0G or polypropylene avaible in 2% tolerance. ideal for Ladder VCF (moog, arp) | big size | avaible in RM2 when mounting upwards | |||
| 5 | Silver Mica | temperature stable, timing stable longterm capacitor | 1% tolerance, good for VCF because the values are matched within 1% tolerance, good sound in VCF | rare, expensive, not avaible in every size, please note there are some country restrictions for import | avaible in RM5 - RM ? | ||||
| 6 | Polyester (PET) (MKP) | cheap | 5-20% tolerance | avaiable in RM2 - RM20 | |||||
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