[sdiy] using a dac as a digitally controlled amplifier

[Ben Bradley]

My ISP (ATT) blocks that site saying it's a phishing site, but I got
an Archive copy here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20231116031028if_/http://www.500sound.com/SyncII/synthschem.jpg

On Sun, 4 Aug 2024 at 18:51, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
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> Ah, here it is - the Synclavier way of doing it!
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> http://www.500sound.com/SyncII/synthschem.jpg
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> On 4 Aug 2024, at 23:23, Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org> wrote:
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> Interesting thread.
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> Do these vintage examples use static amplification factors in their MDACs, or do they allow the digital value be modulated by envelopes and LFOs?
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> If they do modulate stuff, how is the result in terms of zipper noise etc? Unlike when using a VCA controlled by a CV generated from the very same DAC, there is no way of smoothing out the digital irregularities in the MDAC case. Only perhaps keeping the sample rate above audio (which they probably didn't do by then) or to use clever noise shaping techniques (which also seems unlikely).
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> /mr
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> Den sön 4 aug. 2024 20:48Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> skrev:
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>> On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 06:26:06PM +0100, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>> > The Synclavier used DACs for VCAs like this too, fed with audio from other DACs. In that case it was a way of avoiding doing multiplies in hardware and not losing any resolution.
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>> The Ensoniq DOC chip uses the same trick for the same reason.
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>> --
>> Gordonjcp
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