[sdiy] Truly white noise

[Scott Gravenhorst]

<synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com> wrote:
>I was wondering if any DIYer has used a FM tuner or AM tuner as a noise
>source.  I believe there are fairly monolithic IC's to do this so it could
>possibly be done with low parts count (or, you could plug your home stereo
>into your synth, tuned between stations, but that might be a bit
>inelegant?)
>
>And maybe include CV control to sweep through a range of frequencies.  

I'm curious why you would want to do this... ?  At the very least, if you go out
on gigs, you might have to retune the system.  Why isn't a good LFSR or good
diode noise source sufficient?  Either one can be built from dirt cheap parts,
the LFSR type is easily in the $2.00 or less range.  And the noise spectrum can
be limit and customized with filters to get the sound you want.

>On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 Robotboy8 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> *Most people only need something that sounds like white noise.  For instance, 
>> a detuned radio.  No, it isn't white, but it sounds good enough to mix with a 
>> VCO before filtering.
>> 
>

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