Non 3340 oscillators

I am working on this VCO design on the last couple of weeks. My goal was to have a simple schematic with low count of components which are broadly available and not too expensive and 1V/oct tracking. This is what came out and I am actually very happy with the result.

The oscillator core is based on the schematic from the Jupiter 8 but with up-to-date components. I replaced the current sink by a simpler version and made it optional to use two matched transistors or one BC847BS. I built a few versions now with the BC847BS and tracking over the whole range of my Beststep Pro is very good.

So components per VCO are only a few bucks and I am currently working on a PCB layout with eight oscillators on it.

Feedback on this is very welcome!

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