Static?? Me???

[Ingo Debus]

Roel Das wrote:
> energy thing, i figured. I already posses one of those wrist-wrap-thingies,
> now which is the proper way to use it? And which ways are even more
> practical??
> Do i connect this thing to 220 AC? 380 directly? Get along some innocent
> victims?
> Seriously, connect it to the mass of the circuit or something? Ground?
> Help me out.

It's connected to Protective Earth of a wall outlet. Of course not to
Live or Neutral!! I don't know how the outlets in Belgium look like
(you're in Belgium, right?). Are they like the ones in France or like
those in Germany? I've seen plugs without prongs for German outlets for
that purpose.
Important: the wrist "contact" must not be connected directly to
Protective Earth! There has to be a resistor of about 1 Megohm in
between. When you accidentally touch the Live line, it's much more
dangerous if you are connected to Earth the same time. The 1 Megohm is
low enough to prevent damage caused by static charge.

> And why are there multiple inputs on a VCO? Do they just sum the input
> values?

If they are V/oct inputs, yes. You can control the VCO pitch with
keyboard control voltage and have vibrato from a LFO or a pitch envelope
the same time. Or let an analogue sequencer play a melody and transpose
it with a keyboard.

Ingo