square wave standard level

[J.D. McEachin]

On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Grant Richter wrote:

> 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".

It's also called "transforming", which is a DJ term for switching the 
mute switch rhythmically.  In the studio it tends to be done w/ keyed 
gates (which are really just VCAs).  It can be heard on scores of dance 
records, "Gaia" by The Orb would be a good example.

JDM