[sdiy] More Drum ?'s. Replacing 566

[Bill Berzinskas]

right..    so on his adv-snare circuit, i'm thinking that pin5 on the 566 is 
where the circuit sends in the CV to the VCO?  i guess i should pull up a 
datasheet somewhere.. lol

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Magnuson" <resfreq at hoohahrecords.com>
To: "Bill Berzinskas" <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] More Drum ?'s. Replacing 566


> You can use any VCO in the midwest designs...   He just chose the 556 
> because it's easy to implement.
>
> His designs are pretty much a trigger shaper, simple EG  that modulates 
> pitch and decay, VCO, impact generator (R/C filter, if I recall correctly) 
> noise source with VCA and a mixer.
>
> He goes over all of it in the Electronic Drum Cookbook, which is a fairly 
> fun little book if you're just starting out with electronic drums.
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Berzinskas" <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:13 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] More Drum ?'s. Replacing 566
>
>
> hello again...
>
> in my quest for nasty analog drums, i've come across a few i like at 
> midwest-analog..    looking over them tho, they use the 566 for the VCO.. 
> since that's sort of unavailable, can i sub a simple LFO or VCO here?
>
> http://www.midwest-analog.com/catdrums.html
>