behavior when CV out of range

[Martin Czech]

:::The OB-8 has a nice "feature" regarding its Arpeggio Clock input.
:::The transistor has no reverse voltage protection, i.e. for negative
:::voltages of some amount, the BE diode conducts like a zener diode.
:::*And* it will trigger the Arpeggiator !
:::If you feed a sine or triangle LFO into the Arpeggio Clock input,
:::you can get two triggers per cycle. As the positive and negative
:::thresholds are quite different, the triggers will not be equally spaced
:::in time. By setting the amplitude of the triangle signal you can align
:::the two different triggers to a rhythmical pattern.
:::
:::Disclaimer:
:::I don't guarantee that there will be no degradation of transistor
:::parameters if you abuse it that way (;->). But as it's just used in
:::switch operation, I guess it will stand this treatment for a long time.
:::

Nice illustration of what you can get from "odd" features.
No problem, because you know what you are doing.
But in general it may be better to exclude such EOS.
It wouldn't be too hard to replace such a circuit with a safe
version of a pulse doubler. 

People seem not to be so sure, what long term abuse does to junctions.
Otherwise, why should we spend 100000$ for each product qualification,
with life test, pressurecooker, electrical overstress and so on?


m.c.