square wave standard level

[Grant Richter]

>	What is the "standard" level for the square wave output of an 
>oscillator module? Is it -5 to +5 or 0 to +10? Other wave forms are 
>usually -5 to +5. Should the square wave be the same?
>

The Aries modular system provides the square wave as 0 - 10 volts.
Thats because the sequencer modules don't contain their own clock
but rather use a VCO or LFO for clocking

The Electronotes designs have symetrical +/- swings.

The Serge NTO's provide a symetrical +/- swing.

I think ARP's are 0 - 10v also for clocking.

A very early, but still useful, patch is to drive a VCA directly
from the square wave output (at low frequency)  and processing an external signal
through the VCA.  This is called a "chopper" and the
0 - 10v output will work better for this. For an example of this patch
check out Dave Brock processing his guitar on Hawkwinds
"DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo" and "In Search of Space".