[sdiy] bitcrusher & friends

[Jon Autry]

Actually this sounds great. Those bit rates would be fine IMO.

...and 16-bits is practially bypass anyway, so I guess the last one could
be "mute"...although I don't quite see the point of a "mute"...

It would be nice to have a hardware "Digidesign Lo-Fi" with voltage
control over all of the same paramaters. That would be perfect to me...

Take care,
Jon

On Sat, September 10, 2005 1:20 pm, john mahoney said:
> Ha! I just mentioned the LM3914 on a different list. :-D
>
> 10 levels wouldn't be bad. For example, you could have 16, 14, 12, 10, 8,
> 6,
> 4, 2, and 1 bit modes, with either a "bypass" or "mute" (zero bit!) mode
> as
> the 10th option.
> --
> john
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Ruberto" <frankentron at hotmail.com>
> To: <dave at westphila.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] bitcrusher & friends
>
>
>>
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>> >
>> >Seems like an LM3914 bar graph driver and some AND gates could give you
> VC
>> >bits pretty easily.  At least in the 8-bit case.
>> >
>>
>> This is the method I employ in my Aztec Processor. It works very well
> except
>> that you must use 2 3914s to get 8 or more bits. This is due to overlap
>> in
>> the outputs. IE my Aztec will digitize a signal to 5 bits using one
>> 3914.
>> The overlap also introduces switching artifacts into the signal which
>> manifest as short pulses on the edges of each step.
>> The new version of the Aztec will be posted soon for those interested in
>> digitizing type effects.
>>
>> M. A. Ruberto
>>
>>
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