[sdiy] Passive Ring Modulator

[Tim Ressel]

Um, er, uh, I dunno...

I guess I was speaking from the standpoint of
performance as a mixer, not as a sound thingie. I
honestly don't know what would sound better. Just try
whatever ya have laying around. 

Okay, now here is where I really 'mix' things up: how
about a pair of 6AL5 diode pairs??? (heh heh)

--TR

--- Theo <t.hogers at home.nl> wrote:
> Is only the forward drop of interest here?
> Germanium diodes kind of "smoothly" come to
> conductance.
> The Scotty diodes you suggest switch quite abruptly.
> Seems to me the smooth switching behavior of the
> germanium diodes would be
> better for the "sound" of the ring modulator.
> Or am I completely off here?
> 
> Theo
> 
> 
> 
> From: Tim Ressel <madhun2001 at yahoo.com>
> 
> 
> > Yo,
> >
> > You want to use matched diodes with low forward
> drop.
> > If I were making an RF mixer, I'd use a HSMS-282R.
> > Here is the data sheet:
> >
> >
>
http://literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5968-8014E.pdf
> >
> > They show a ring mixer app.
> >
> > --TR
> >
> >
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