[sdiy] MM5837N noise generator... any for sale ? alternatives ?

[Magnus Danielson]

From: harrybissell at wowway.com
Subject: Re: [sdiy] MM5837N noise generator... any for sale ? alternatives ?
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:28:42 -0600
Message-ID: <20080219142519.M86899 at wowway.com>

Hairy,

> The MM5837N sucks as bad as any BBD (imho). It has a 1.1
> second repeat rate and goes tick-tick-tick. I can't believe they
> even considered it.
> 
> I have a retrofit design that is MUCH better and can be cabled in...
> but it uses the CD4006 shift registers... also hard to get. Someone
> on this list has some. I could send you the artwork and you could make
> one... its a MASSIVE improvement and it engages both the audio and control
> circuits perfectly.

I have published long design-proposals using standard CMOS that simply do not
loop over its full lifetime if you wish. Providing a dense and loop-free
digital noise. It should be in the archives.

> otoh I think I have the MM5837N that I removed from the P5.  Contact offlist
> if interested :^P

I would value it as a detering reference...

Cheers,
Magnus