[sdiy-interim] PLL (4046) for pitch tracking?

[Ian Fritz]

At 07:48 AM 3/28/2007, Gorka Garcia wrote:
>Has anyone tried a PLL (4046, for example) for pitch tracking? Maybe to 
>make a pitch to CV converter for a theremin or a mono played guitar (I 
>understand it might go crazy if you try to use it with a guitar while 
>playing chords). Any comments about how fast is it or about ripple?
>
>I have read on the internet, in guitar and synth forums, lots of people 
>talking about the possibility of such a use, but have not seen any reports 
>on how it actually tracks the pitch.

I did one for clarinet a *long* time ago.  Since the range is limited, 
tracking was pretty good.  I didn't like hearing the acoustic sound along 
with the synth, so I eventually scraped it.  There is a writeup in EN 
somewhere.

  Ian 


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