[sdiy] bitcrusher & friends

[Dave Krooshof - dendriet.nl]

> Well, the notion of 10 levels came from the suggestion to use the LM3914,
> which has 10 outputs. Two LM3914s can be combined for as many as 20 levels,
> but using one '3914 would be very simple and it would be good enough for
> some purposes.

Aha, OK. I wasn't aware of this IC.
Nice. Feed you audio through it, add the outputs, and it's allready a
distortion.
Then do a sample and hold, clock it fast, and you have a bitcrusher.


> > Bitcrushing will be one behaviors, but other if-then statements are
> > possible. Ringmodulation can be simulated. Min Max. Comparation.
> > Multiplication. But you could think of other processes that are a lot
> > more complex and can only be done in the digital domain. It will be a
> > complex waveshaper.
> 
> Very interesting! Sounds like the MOTM or Buchla way of doing things. ;-)

Correct. I can relate more to Buchla then to Moog. 
Pity his synths are hella-expensive.

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