[sdiy] Best way to limit control voltage

[James Patchell]

http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/synthmodules/shaper.html

I knew I should have gotten the link when I posted that message... (guess I 
was just lazy)....

At 10:52 PM 3/13/2005 -0500, J. Larry Hendry wrote:
>Well, I did just look at Jims Control voltage splitter:
>http://www.oldcrows.net/%7Epatchell/misc/splitter.html
>
>Hey, that's a nice little circuit, but way more than what I am looking for.
>I did not see a project on Jim's site identified diode waveshaper.  Of
>course, maybe I was not looking in the right places.  I kept getting
>distracted by all the other cool stuff to look at there. :-)
>
>Larry
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of harrybissell
>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:59 AM
>To: James Patchell
>Cc: J. Larry Hendry; Synth-DIY
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Best way to limit control voltage
>
>
>LOL... he said he had a way, but it was complex. Maybe he copied
>YOUR diode waveshaper...    ;^P
>
>add the decoupling caps and the component count goes up 100%
>
>(but of course, that's the right way to do it :^)
>
>H^) harry
>
>James Patchell wrote:
>
> > If I read what you are saying...this can be done with something like my
> > diode waveshaper.
> > You can set the controls to generate a transfer function that will limit
> > the output to a set value...
> >
> > At 09:35 PM 3/13/2005 -0500, J. Larry Hendry wrote:
> > >I'd like to tap into the vast expertise again and ask what methods people
> > >are using to be efficient with limiting a control voltage.  I am
>designing a
> > >circuit that will have more than one input.  One of the inputs needs to
>be
> > >capable of producing the full output range needed in the circuit.  But, I
> > >also want to limit (or clamp) the output so it does not exceed my
> > >predetermined values.  The sum of the inputs might normally cause that to
> > >happen.  I cannot solve this with scaling.  So, I need to consider
>efficient
> > >ways to clamp the output to within a certain range.  I have an idea that
> > >will work.  But, it is not as part efficient as I would like to be.  So,
>I
> > >would appreciate hearing from others about their approach to this issue.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Larry Hendry
> >
> >          -Jim
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         -Jim
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