[sdiy] passive ring modulator transformers
Gordonjcp
gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Sun Jan 17 20:57:47 CET 2016
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 02:18:36PM +0000, Richie Burnett wrote:
> I guess they would both be too close to perfect multiplication, and therefore sound too clean compared to all the distortion you get when using a real diode ring modulator.
Stick it through a fuzzbox...
>
> Was using Minicircuits ADE-1 last year for a work project. A diode ring modulator complete with diodes and two transformers encapsulated in a tiny plastic package about 6x4x5mm! It's amazing how small these things can be made when the frequency goes up into the MHz region...
It's great when your all your significant harmonics are way way way beyond the passband of the filter :-D
--
Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
More information about the Synth-diy
mailing list