30 years later...

[DJMaytag]

At 03:06 PM 11/4/96 EST, william.b.fox wrote:
>Mitch, who isn't a dj or a washer/dryer, said:
>> how about having 3 oscillators, 2 of which would produce different
>> waves (at the same freq), and would be controlled by the third via
>> a flip flop thing (i don't know the technical term for it) so that
>> after one cycle, it would alternate between the two waves? i.e.:
>> you'd have say, a square wave for one cycle, and then a saw wave
>> for the next, and it would flip flop between the two every other
>> cycle. OR if you had enough oscillators, you could switch between
>> 3 or more waves, and maybe even have one at maybe half or double
>> the original frequency.
>
>Tap off of the squarewave output and send it directly (or through a
>divide by two xounter [flip-flop]) to a counter chip.  Have the counter
>chip's outputs activate CMOS switches.  Send your two (or up to ten!)
>inputs to the switches' inputs, tie all the switches' outputs together
>(since only one is ever active at any one time) and see if that floats
>your boat!  Hmmm, analog sequencer already means something...  I think I
>just invented the Analog Signal Selector®.

do you think this would be worth trying? i certainly don't have the
technological knowledge to try it, but if someone does try it, send me some
samples so i can hear what i imagined in my head...

>ASS® and Analog Signal Selector® are Registered Trademarks of Fox's Den,
>Inc.  :)

HEY!! WHERE'S MY ROYALTIES?!?! :)

but seriously, isn't this almost like 'wavesequencing'? select the order in
which you want the waves to appear at the output and start it all running...

mitch

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three things to remember about me:
1) i'm not a dj,
2) i don't wanna be a dj, (but i wanna be a cowboy)
3) i'm not a washer and dryer repairman either (and you can be my cowgirl)