[sdiy] Possible New Waveform Generator Circuits

[Peter Grenader]

We made the same suggestion on AH and he went delinear....


rdrake wrote:

> I think the original question was something like "can anyone help me with this
> circuit idea?"... and it sounds like the answer, from this list anyway, is
> "no".  no need to go any further than that.
> 
> simon--the ascii "schematic" is not clear to me, nor apparently to others...
> although i'm sure it's clear to you.  a good next step might be to present
> your drawing to the group in a format we can understand.  typically, we put
> schematics on the web as gif, jpeg, or pdf files and refer to the url in a
> post to the list.  if you don't have access to a web site, i'd be happy to
> post it for you.  just a suggestion.
> 
> bests
> lbd 
> 
> 
> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Simon Gatrall" <gatrall at pacbell.net>
>>> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:35 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Possible New Waveform
>> Generator Circuits
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> For the benefit of fellow SDIY'ers let me
>> summarize:
>>>> 
>>>>> furthermore there were several psychopaths on
>> the list that strongly
>>>>> libeled me because I did not fulfill nitpicking
>> requests
>>>> 
>>>> I read your post on AH and like many other
>> people there I have a
>>>> pretty good familiarity with various synthesis
>> methods and the
>>>> history of electronic music.  I also have a
>> company which makes
>>>> electronic music equipment.  In other words, I
>> should be able to at
>>>> least follow your preamble, even if I can't
>> follow your awkward ASCII
>>>> schematics.  However, the following paragraph
>> makes little sense to
>>>> me, and evidently, many other people with far
>> more years of
>>>> electronics experience than mine:
>>>> 
>>>>> There is a way to drastically alter a waveform
>> in a
>>>>> very simple fashion in such a way that the
>> waveform
>>>>> remains nearly as smooth as a sine wave. That
>> method of
>>>>> alteration is to successively increase, or
>> successively
>>>>> decrease, the size of a wave from the beginning
>> of the
>>>>> waveform to it's end, thus resulting in an
>> outward
>>>>> spiraling waveform or an inward spiraling
>> waveform,
>>>>> respectively. These modifications are made to
>> each of the 2
>>>>> arcs of the sine wave cycle. I have asked about
>> such
>>>>> waveforms on multiple mailing lists, and no one
>> is
>>>>> familiar with them. I am surprised that such
>> waveforms are
>>>>> not already common, considering how basic they
>> are.
>>>> 
>>>> If you can provide some sort of explanation of
>> what that gobbledegook
>>>> is supposed to mean, perhaps by posting some
>> diagrams on the net
>>>> somewhere, maybe people will be willing to help
>> you, but if all you
>>>> can do is get mad at other people when you are
>> the one that seems to
>>>> have trouble communicating, well... of course
>> they're going to get
>>>> irritated.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Herbalife Independent Distributor
>> www.healthiest.co.za
>>>> 
>>>> I didn't notice this sig the first time around,
>> but it certainly
>>>> detracts from any credibility this guy is trying
>> to court here.
>>>> 
>>>> Herbalife is a massive scam:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Simon Gatrall
>>>> gatrall at pacbell.net
>>>> 
>>> 
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