[sdiy] more pitch shifter thoughts

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net> wrote:
>If you would like to hear the mis-behaving PLLs.
>
>The bass chuggs are the decaying sinusoids on the step edges.
>
>http://www.wiard.com/samples/WogglebugDemo.mp3

Reminiscent of the "Krell Music" from Forbidden Planet

>
>
>> From: Magnus Danielson <cfmd at bredband.net>
>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:30:24 +0100 (CET)
>> To: music.maker at gte.net
>> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] more pitch shifter thoughts
>> 
>> From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] more pitch shifter thoughts
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:52:42 -0700
>> Message-ID: <200501110252.j0B2qgV24971 at linux6.lan>
>> 
>>> Oh, you want to hear misbehaving?  Mine will be boring.  The range
>>> of adjustment is more for making it behave, that is, minimize the
>>> "bad" effects.  My idea was for the module to nearly perfectly track
>>> a VCO and output perfect fifths and octaves of the fundamental
>>> (input).  It does 1F, 1.5F, 2F, 3F, 4F, 6F and 12F.
>>> 
>>> http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/WoggleBug/WoggleBug.html
>>> 
>>> is probably more what you're interested in.  This is a purposefully
>>> "misbehaved" 4046 PLL project with outputs tapped from some
>>> interesting places.
>> 
>> Changing the PLL to be more loosly following, laging in tracking and ringing
>> in
>> responce could very well be really usefull in musical applications. For those
>> eager to test such stuff out, using a 4046 and some divider is really a good
>> place to start. The PLL as mechanism is underused IMHO. Both in their strict
>> locking form as well as their looser "misbehaving" form. Maybe it's time to
>> make a generic PLL module for people to play with?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Magnus
>

---------------------------------------------------------
- Where merit is not rewarded, excellence fades.
- Hydrogen is pointless without solar.
- What good are laws that only lawyers understand?
- The media's credibility should always be questioned.
- The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
- Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.

-- Scott Gravenhorst | LegoManiac / Lego Trains / RIS 1.5
-- Linux Rex         | RedWebMail by RedStarWare
-- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
-- NonFatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/electronics/
-- Autodidactic Master of Arcane and Hidden Knowledge.