[sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG Question.

Bill Berzinskas wberzinskas at nc.rr.com
Fri Mar 18 00:01:15 CET 2005


scratch that.. i had left 1 resistor going to ground still..  1 more bug to 
work out and i think i got it going.. thanks everyone!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Berzinskas" <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>
To: <jays at aracnet.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG Question.


> would i leave the resistors currently going from + and - to GND?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jays at aracnet.com>
> To: "Bill Berzinskas" <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>; 
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG Question.
>
>
> Bill,
>
> I ment that to be the current limiting resistor on the Iabc pin.
>
> What I'd do to get the bias would be take 2 'identical resistors' and put 
> those in series between gnd and +5. By identical I would take 1% 
> resistors, a good DVM and match them. (Some would take 0.1 decoupling caps 
> and parallel the resistors. I don't know how the slew would affect the 
> bias.) Now we have a pretty good V++/2. Add another resistor between the 
> junction of the two resistors and the plus input on the CA3080.
>
> I've attached a crude jpg of where I'd start.
>
> Jay S
>
> Bill Berzinskas <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com> wrote :
>
>> gnd and 5 indeed..    as far as biasing..   u say 5.1k..   so, this would 
>> be
>> a voltage divider..   does it go  on my signal input or the pin5?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <jays at aracnet.com>
>> To: "Bill Berzinskas" <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>;
>> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG Question.
>>
>>
>> > If it is between gnd and +5 then you will probably have to bias the 
>> input
>>
>> > to ~+2.5 volts. Basically V+/2. You'll have to be careful since the 
>> 3080
>>
>> > has a fairly low input voltage for low distortion so bias become
>> critical.
>> >
>> > Also be careful. If the Iabc pin gets to much current it can fry the
>> > CA3080. So at least in prototyping the circuit add a current 
>> limiting
>> > resistor.
>> >
>> > Crude calculation:
>> > V=IR, R = V/I, V=5, I=.001 (1ma), R=4.7K or 5.1K should work.
>> >
>> > Jay S.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Bill Berzinskas <wberzinskas at nc.rr.com>
>> wrote :
>> >
>> >> well.. i breadboarded this this morning..&nbsp; and
>> >> most everything seems to work..&nbsp; except the
>> vca..&nbsp;&nbsp;any
>> >> thing
>> >> specific i need to&nbsp;do to get this 3080 vca working
>> >> on&nbsp;5v?&nbsp;&nbsp;
>> >>
>> >> &nbsp;
>> >>
>> >>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>   From:
>> >>   Bill
>> >>   Berzinskas
>> >>   To: Jay Schwichtenberg ; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> >>
>> >>   Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:16
>> >>   AM
>> >>   Subject: Re: [sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG
>> >>   Question.
>> >>
>> >>   preciate that jay..&nbsp;&nbsp; good
>> >>   article..&nbsp; it'll prob take me a bit to get through 
>> the math
>> tho..
>> >> lol
>> >>   ..&nbsp; :-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time to break 
>> out my
>> math book from last
>> >>   semester..
>> >>   &nbsp;
>> >>
>> >>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>     From:
>> >>     Jay
>> >>     Schwichtenberg
>> >>     To: Bill Berzinskas ; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> >>
>> >>     Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:10
>> >>     AM
>> >>     Subject: RE: [sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG
>> >>     Question.
>> >>
>> >>     Bill,
>> >>     &nbsp;
>> >>     2)
>> >>     &nbsp;
>> >>     Another issue is that the attack, decay and release
>> >>     pots on envelope generators are typically log 
>> pots,&nbsp;a
>> non-linear
>> >> scale.
>> >>     So if the digital pots you use are not log they may not give 
>> you
>> the
>> >> timing
>> >>     resolution that you are use to. One techinque to do that is 
>> buffer
>>
>> >> the pot
>> >>     and add a resistor. Picking the right resistor and placing 
>> it
>> between
>> >> the
>> >>     wiper and the other ends of the pot (assuming using pot as
>> attenuator
>> >>     between signal and gnd) can give you log or expo curves. Try
>> >> 
>> http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/potsecrets/potscret.htm&nbsp;for
>>
>> >> that
>> >>     info.
>> >>     &nbsp;
>> >>     Good luck.
>> >>     Jay S.
>> >>
>> >>       -----Original Message-----From:
>> >>       owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> >>       [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On
>> Behalf Of Bill
>> >>       BerzinskasSent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:36 AMTo:
>> >>       synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nlSubject:
>> [sdiy] 5v ADV Bass / AD EG
>> >>       Question.
>> >>       Hello everybody..&nbsp; just woke up to a
>> >>       crazy little burst of snow here in NC..&nbsp;
>> wierd..&nbsp;&nbsp;
>> >>
>> >>       &nbsp;
>> >>       Anyhow..&nbsp;&nbsp; As you probably know i'm
>> >>       modding the bejezzus out of my 
>> adv-bass..&nbsp;&nbsp; In
>> my quest
>> >> to make
>> >>       it digitally controlled, i've hit a few snags..&nbsp; 
>> so
>> maybe you
>> >> can
>> >>       help me out..
>> >>       &nbsp;
>> >>       1)&nbsp;I am converting it to digital
>> >>       control..&nbsp; mostly thru digital
>> pots..&nbsp;&nbsp; a few things
>> >> with
>> >>       DAC..&nbsp; so.. for the digital pots, i have to use 
>> 5v
>> input, and
>> >> rather
>> >>       then use way more opamps then i want to deal with, i would 
>> like
>> to
>> >> make it
>> >>       operate on 5v possibly with a bipolar or just 12v output 
>> stage
>> if
>> >>       necessary..&nbsp;&nbsp; So..
>> >>       &nbsp;
>> >>       I've done some crude experiments with the
>> >>       Trigger section just to see how it reacts to switching 
>> from
>> +/-12v
>> >> to just
>> >>       +5v..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I've tried with
>> tl082s..&nbsp; and i just
>> >> can't
>> >>       get the trigger ratio right.. and it always triggers.. 
>> so.=
>
>
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