[sdiy] ASM-1 VCO / keyboard

[Tom May]

patchell <patchell at silcom.com> writes:

> Jimmy Gogas wrote:
> 
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone can explain me what the asm-1 vco inputs are
> > exactly? Looking at vco schematic, I noticed that there are 6 CV, 2 lin=
> ear
> > FM, 2 pulse width and 1 sync input. I know what the CV inputs are (why =
> do we
> > need 6?), but I'm not quite sure what the rest are.
> >

[...]

>     And you need 6 frequency CV inputs because one will probably be cours=
> e tune,
> one will be fine tune, one will be your primary pitch input, and perhaps =
> another
> will be from an LFO to give a bit of vibrator, and maybe other input will=
>  come
> from an envelope generator to give a momentary oscilator sweep...you can =
> never
> have too many inputs on you VCO frequency control.

Or you can use a CV mixer.

Tom (wishing I'd put more than 4 audio inputs on my ASM-1 filter).