[sdiy] More Drum ?'s. Replacing 566

[Bill Berzinskas]

one thing i do have is some of the Microchip V-F converters..  although they 
put out sq and ramp, if i could muster a triangle out of it, it should work, 
ehh?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Berzinskas" <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>
To: "Dave Magnuson" <resfreq at hoohahrecords.com>; 
<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] More Drum ?'s. Replacing 566


> 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
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> ----- 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
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>> You can use any VCO in the midwest designs...   He just chose the 556 
>> because it's easy to implement.
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>> 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
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>> ----- 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
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>>
>> 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
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