PAIA?

[Andrew Schrock]

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Bill Layer wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> >Nope! The fatman is a pulse (actually, really a square) wave only output.
> >Which is why it has a pretty inflexible sound unmodded...    
> 
> Oh-oh. I told out friend that it was a saw output... 
> 
> As I remember, the PAiA uses simple relaxation oscillators (not really
> 'oscillators' in the true sense). Relaxation circuits are inherely
> sawtoothed...
> 
> As the circuit charges, you get your linear ascending ramp, when it
> relaxes, you get a nearly vertical line... Isn't that a sawtooth?

Yeah. Damn, I knew that. Uhm... sorry, my mistake. Haven't used the fatman
in a while.. I think I thought it was pulse since I saw a PWM mod for it
recently. 

Andrew

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