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>>But when I run four sawtooths into a mixer, I'm not getting an output
>>voltage that's 4 times that of a single VCO.
>
>You would if they were in phase.

In that case, presuming a +-15VDC power supply and +-5VAC Sawtooths, you'd
get a Squarewave, if the 4 input Sawtooths were in perfect phase.  No?  :)
Well, maybe they'd have to be +-10VAC Sawtooths, but still.  :)

Are you correct though - now that I think about it for a moment?  Adding the
4 Saws together would add them if they were in phase.  But since they're not
in phase, the 4 AC voltages are averaged together.  The output from the
mixer is still in relation to the amount of each Sawtooth input that is
allowed at the attenuators.  If they're all fully allowed, the the sum
voltage is:
(# of inputs x Input voltage of 1 input) / # of inputs.  An average.

No??  :)

Ric


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