[sdiy] reducing crosstalk

Fri Feb 15 01:54:27 CET 2008

Hi Neil,

thanks to you and also to the other members of this list for the 
replies. Perhaps I drew it wrong, but on the board it really is a 
voltage divider! ;-)

The two stages are because each op-amp is inverting. I tried a single 
non-inverting, but the input impedance was far too high to get anything 
out. I don't want to filter DC because I use it in two ways, one being 
direct optical synthesis and the other being control voltage for a 
modular synth. Also for this reason, the output voltage should be 
positive. Later on I realized that the voltage to the phototransistor 
could have been negative, and then a single inverting stage would be 
fine. But I started this project on a single supply, and then moved to 
dual supply, so some old thinking came along for the ride.

The first change I will make (and actually what I was doing when it was 
a single-supply box that didn't have any crosstalk) will be to use a 5V 
voltage regulator to the BPW40s. And, as several have mentioned, I'll 
decouple the supply to the ICs. Should happen this weekend, so I'll be 
happy to report back the results and post a new diagram.

Also, I realized I didn't send the link to the project itself, could be 
interesting for folks here interested in exotic synthesis techniques, 
espc the HISTORY section of the website:

http://www.umatic.nl/tonewheels.html

thx + best!
d.

Neil Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Looking at that circuit, it is not a voltage divider.  All it is a 10k 
> load across the +12V supply, and a 10k load resistor for the 
> phototransistor.  You might want to swap the connections to +12V and the 
> BPW40 to fix that if you really want to drive the BPW40 from 6V.  As 
> Alan suggests, a low-impedance source, like a voltage regulator or 
> another op-amp would sort out that.
> 
> Why do have two stages of unity gain?  Surely for this application it 
> doesn't matter?  A single stage would be sufficient.
> 
> I'd also put a DC blocking capacitor on the output, plus a series 
> resistor of, say, 100R.
> 
> For each module I'd put some filtering on the incoming supply, to help 
> isolate each module.
> 
> Put 100n decoupling caps close to the supply pins on the TL074.
> 
> There is nothing of high gain here so shielding cans are probably not 
> needed.
> 
> Neil
> 
> On 14 Feb 2008, at 17:16, Needham, Alan wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> [mailto:synth-diy->bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Derek Holzer
>>> Sent: 25 January 2008 20:01
>>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>> Subject: [sdiy] reducing crosstalk
>> <snip>
>>> There is crosstalk between all the channels, not just the channels
>>> Which share an IC.
>> <snip>........................................
>>
>> Derek, could the above be the key here?
>> What is shared between all channels,
>> You say there is some 0.1u caps across the power rails, try adding a
>> couple of 10u or 100u caps as smoothing (I never did care for specific
>> values - whatever you have should prove a point). If the crosstalk
>> reduces then we may be onto something...
>> ...BUT, more likely...
>> Also shared between all channels (as I read your diagram) is the two
>> resistor potential divider for the 6v feed to all optos. This seems to
>> be two 10k resistors, the input impedance to each inverting amp is also
>> 10k (all values read from photos - so am I right?).
>> The impedance of this 6v rail seems to be too high for the 8 amps it is
>> expected to drive. Lash a 100u or 470u cap from 6v to 0v and see if that
>> helps, if it does, you could also try swapping the first amp stage's
>> input resistor and feedback resistor for 100k on all 8 channels, 16
>> resistors, or does this wreck the opto's operation???
>> Ideally, the 6v rail would be a regulator (78L05?) with bypass caps.
>>
>>     Alan
>>
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