[sdiy] [spam] Re: Pink Tunes self-composing program.

[Dave]

Yes, because of the expo curve it required non-standard (not R-2R) values.  They sold the part for experimenters to play with.  I wired up my own QuASH on vector board, and at different times used an 8085, 8080A and a PDP-11 to control it.

As someone else mentioned the PAiA software  could also do intelligent voice assignment and ADSR.

-Dave

On January 9, 2018 7:00:46 PM PST, KA4HJH <ka4hjh at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Jan 9, 2018, at 9:08 PM, David Manley <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I can confirm the DAC was exponential, it used a custom resistor
>network from ??? (insert major US manufacturer of resistor networks -
>can't recall right now it was in a light blue ceramic package).  From
>memory there's nothing to the QuASH but a 8-bit register to latch the
>micro writes plus an analog switch demuxing the 'DAC' output to simple
>capacitor plus TL0xx output buffers.  I may still have Simonton's
>published lab notes somewhere.
>
>
>I recall something about a "laser trimmed" resistor network.
>
>
>Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
>"The Mac Doctor"
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