[sdiy] passive ring modulator transformers

[Michael E Caloroso]

The XOR ring mod works well with pulse waves of bipolar discrete
levels, not so well with continuously varying waveshapes.

MC

On 1/18/16, Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are many different "ring mod" sounds, and I've never really liked
> the MS20 XOR-gate solution myself (even if MS20 was my first synt). With
> a sufficiently clean sine and a ring mod (ring modulator - the diode
> ring in a double-balanced mixer) or Gilbert cell style multiplier is for
> me "cleanest" and most appealing, but that is my subjective view.
> 2-quadrant, 1-quadrant and even digital modulations has it uses too.
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus
>
> On 01/18/2016 02:03 PM, Ullrich Peter wrote:
>> Hi Tom!
>>
>> Yes, the point "ring mod != 4 quadrant multiplier" is also mentioned on
>> Neils Webpage...
>>
>> I wonder that no one mentioned the Korg MS20 digital Ring modulator with
>> XOR gate as we are already talking about active solutions...
>> https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/812474-ms-20-ring-mod.html
>>
>> Ciao
>> Peter
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Tom Wiltshire [mailto:tom at electricdruid.net]
>> Gesendet: Montag, 18. Jänner 2016 13:34
>> An: Ullrich Peter
>> Betreff: Re: [sdiy] passive ring modulator transformers
>>
>> A good part of that thread is Neil Johnson and Graham Hinton arguing about
>> the "ring mod != 4 quadrant multiplier" point!
>>
>> The rest of it has some interesting information though.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>>
>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 20:38, Ullrich Peter <Peter.Ullrich at kapsch.net> wrote:
>>
>>> There is a nice discussion on Muffwiggler regarding Ring Modulators:
>>>
>>> https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127474&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
>>>
>>> Also the link to an Analog Devices Application Manual...
>>>
>>> Ciao
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> http://www.ullrich.at.tt
>>>
>>>
>>>
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