DIY box for adding shuffle to a Sync Signal

[Rob]

Well, now, I HAVE heard of a thing called a pseudo-random timing shifter. It
takes a ring counter of sorts and ANDs it with the incoming sync signal.
Theres also a timer involved to make sure you have certain other conditions,
such as the time high staying constant and that your pulses dont get too
close together, but its definitely possible.

They use these a lot in artificial intelligence projects for robotics by
taking a load of embedded chips and just observing the way they interact
with one another with various stimuli. They drive the oscillators with them,
but they dont vary them much, no more than plus or minus 10 percent or so.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Gilmour <thegilmours at bigpond.com>
To: <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: DIY box for adding shuffle to a Sync Signal



    Hi I have been racking my brain trying to think of how to make a sync
through box which would add swing to sync.  It would be useful for making
drum machines without shuffle settings swing.  It takes 6 triggers to make a
drum machine step to the next step.  So I assume if I were to somehow split
the signal so

    1234561 2 3 4 5 61234561 2 3 4 5 6.  I believe this should make the sync
signal swing.  I am hoping to somehow have this in an external through box
with a POT for changing the shuffle from 1 to 10,  but this may be very
difficult.  Someone PLEASE if you have any ideas, send to the group or email
me.  A friend suggested thinking boulean logic but I am not sure.  Someone
out there must know how to achieve my goal.

    Thankyou very much

    Sam Gilmour
    thegilmours at bigpond.com