[sdiy] Roland DCOs

Dave Manley dlmanley at sonic.net
Mon Feb 25 18:08:58 CET 2008


Tom Wiltshire wrote:

> Now, the major problem with this design is that despite frequency being 
> determined by a counter value, you have to supply a CV that is 
> proportional to the frequency in order to keep the output amplitude 
> constant (IC55 Pin8 DCO1-A and IC53 Pin1 DCO2-A on the JX-8P diagram).

Using a DA for this CV is common to many DCO designs.  For another 
example that is a little more complex look at the CEM3396 datasheet, 
specifically how Vwf is generated.

http://www.synthtech.com/cem/c3396pdf.pdf

I believe the same method is used in the P-08.

-D





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