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Numer	Type	Dielectricum	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 read more here	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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Lessons learned:

for timing/thermal criticial applications like VCO, VCF, clock use C0G/NP0 or Polypropylene, Styroflex or Silver Mica.

for VCF try polypropylene or styroflex (depends on the footprint)

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