3080A

[gstopp at fibermux.com]

     Well, it's possible to do AM with a VCA, and it's possible to make a 
     VCA out of a CA3080 plus some other parts. But a CA3080 is not a VCA 
     by itself. Also the mic would need to go through some kind of pre-amp 
     to bring it up to a level that will control the VCA, which would 
     probably be a gain of 5 above "line level", so you'd need a pretty hot 
     pre-amp.
     
     As for the sound, if you hold a note on the synth and sing into the 
     mic, you'd get a kind of "chopped" sound, like when you talk through a 
     spinning fan.
     
     - Gene
     gstopp at fibermux.com


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Subject: 3080A
Author:  ET3185SE at SNYFARVA.CC.FARMINGDALE.EDU at ccrelayout
Date:    4/19/96 7:09 AM


Is it possible to use a 3080A OTA to do some type of AM?  for example... 
Send a Synth through the noninverting input and connect a mike and sing 
through the current controlled gain input?
also what would it sound like?
Thanks
John S.