[sdiy] mine transformer question....

[Dj]

It's never late to still start with it :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; "Ken Stone" <sasami at hotkey.net.au>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] mine transformer question....


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> did anything ever happen to the grand plans from a while ago to put all
this
> diy info in a book, on a webpage, etc? there was much discussion about
> writng repair manuals, articles, etc. did anything ever come from that? or
> was it good intentions as usual, but not enough time? ;-)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Stone" <sasami at hotkey.net.au>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 2:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] mine transformer question....
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> > >Apparently i have some questions, but don't know if it fits here so it
> may
> > skipped..., here they are:
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> > >- what is a tempco?
> >
> > A Temperature Compensation resistor. Real world parts are not perfect,
so
> > sometimes we have to counter undesirable real-world effects with extra
> > parts. In this case it is to stop frequency spread in VCOs and VCFs
based
> > around a transistor exponential converter. Don't know what that is yet?
> Read
> > the archives and study some sites such as Rene's.
> >
> > >- Does a synth only run on AC or also DC, what is that excactly in
synth
> terms?
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> > The indards of a synth runs on DC (Direct Current). THe power supply's
job
> > is to convert mains AC into the correct voltage DC. Some synths may be
> made
> > to work on batteries, but most simply use the AC.
> > The SIGNAL PATH in a synth is a different matter - bot AC and DC are
> > presenty, and these have nothing to do with the power supply.
> >
> > Ken
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