Fwd: Re: [sdiy] VCA controls

greg montalbano greg.montalbano at ucop.edu
Fri May 10 23:19:59 CEST 2002


I was wondering the same thing (in slightly less acerbic terms) --
have some of you come up with ways of including mass LEDs without
the associated monster current drain?

Inquiring minds want to know...

~GMM



>From: "Happy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
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>Oh YEAH baby...
>
>LED VU meter...  use the LM3914 and let the
>nasty spikey noise get all over your power
>supply.... AND contribute to global warming
>at the same time.
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>It will REALLY be good if you use a wallwart
>supply...
>
>Be sure to avoid wimpy "dot mode"  ;^P
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>H^) harry
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>>From: Tim Ressel <madhun2001 at yahoo.com>
>>To: Dave Magnuson <resfreq at hoohahrecords.com>,   Synth-Diy 
>><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>>Subject: Re: [sdiy] VCA controls
>>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:26:29 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>Okay, I'm confused: attenuator on the audio input, log
>>response; attenuator on the cv input, log response.
>>That seems redundant to me. Input mixer, yeah I can
>>see that.
>>
>>I have room for three pots. Four, if I scrunch things.
>>So I'm thinking: Init gain (bias on a cv input), +/-1
>>gain adjust on one cv input, pan between two signal
>>inputs, and a signal/clip indicator.
>>Maybe even a led VU meter. Yeah. This thing doesn't
>>have enough lights...
>>
>>--TR
>>
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