[sdiy] LAG circuit de-tuning VCO question
Dave Kendall
davekendall at ntlworld.com
Sat Nov 5 00:28:28 CET 2011
Hi All.
I have a playing with a simple expo lag circuit consisting of;
1V/octave input to an op amp wired as unity gain voltage follower, the
output of which goes through a 1M Linear pot wired as variable
resistor, then into a second voltage follower with a 1uF cap to GND at
its input.
I notice that without even changing the input CV, setting the pot to
max de-tunes the output by up to several 100 cents, judging by ear.
The effect is more pronounced the higher the input CV - around 0V to 1V
input, it's hardly noticeable.
Is this normal, and is there a way to remove the effect? it makes it
pretty useless for accurate VCO use. One can mitigate the effect a bit
using smaller resistors/caps, but then the lag time is very short.
Any ideas anyone?
cheers,
Dave
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