[sdiy] Waldorf pulse questions

[Paul Maddox]

David,

> >merry christmas!! i reciently got a waldorf pulse and was wondering just
how
> >analogue this thing really is?
> >The first thing i did when i got it home was rip it apart to fix a couple
of
> >bad buttons, and found quite a bit of analogue circuitry inside, eg
3080's
> >3046's, but then there were also two 68hc11's.
> >
> >from this i would assume all the cv mixing is done in the digital relm,
> >keeping the analogue nice and simple.... but i can remember from
somewhere
> >this thing used digital oscillators?
>
>
> I'm not 100% certain, but this is what I remember about the Pulse:
>
> VCF and VCA are analog
>
> VCO, LFO and ADSR are digital
>

spot on, both of you..

The pulses CVs for the filter and VCA are summed by the processor, the
Oscillators are indeed digitally generated...

Its a superb combination of analog and digital!
and has a truly powefull sound..

Paul
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