[sdiy] looking for CASIO 1v/Oct mods ??

[Scott Stites]

DAC08 works fine for me for keyboard use.

Using Jim as heat shield.

Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Patchell" <patchell at cox.net>
To: "Joel Kirchartz" <joel_kirchartz at hotmail.com>;
<harrybissell at prodigy.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] looking for CASIO 1v/Oct mods ??


> Boy, now you have opened a can of worms....:-)
>
> I personally have had very good luck with many different DACs.  Each dac
> has different strengths.
>
> One I have used is the MC1408.  This is a very old design, and there are
> several different part numbers you can get it by (I don't remember what
the
> others are).  When you are just producing voltages for keyboard notes, you
> really only need six bits (this will produce about 5 octaves, or 64
> notes).  I have never noticed any accuracy problems doing this.
>
> Another DAC I have used (and am currently using) is the AD7548JN, which is
> a 12 bit DAC.  This part can be a bit more difficult to find, as most
> places want to sell it in 100's.  It is also a little more tricky to use.
>
> Personally I would say start out with the MC1408 and see what it will do.
>
> Now, pardon me while I put my flame proof suit on.
>
>
> At 05:41 PM 11/28/2004 -0500, Joel Kirchartz wrote:
> >Yah, sorry, I meant EFM .... do you have any suggestions on a particular
> >d/a converter that would do the trick ??
> >
> >~kirch
>
>          -Jim
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