<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/17/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Moylan</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@westphila.net">dave@westphila.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I believe those are Sample/Hold caps. The 4051 is an analog multiplexer<br>which is routing DAC generated CVs to the caps where they are stored.
<br>If I recall the 3394 datasheet mentions that all the CV inputs are<br>buffered hi impedance so there is no additional need for S/H buffers.<br>You don't want to change those caps.<br><br>I don't think there's much hope in speeding up the envelopes as they are
<br>CPU generated then just routed to the chip. Plus any cap that might<br>theoretically slow the envelope down is likely necessary to smooth<br>quantization of the envelope.<br><br>I was very interested in the 3394 for a while and stared at the
<br>datasheet a lot. Who doesn't like a synth on a chip?<br><br>Dave Moylan<br><br>Frédéric Bourgeais wrote:<br><br>>Hi all,<br>><br>>A friend who own a SCI sixTrack, wish faster Attack to control the output<br>
>VCA.<br>><br>>I took a look to schematics available here:<br>><a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2163/ST_schem/">http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2163/ST_schem/</a><br>><br>>And CEM 3394 datasheet here :
<br>><a href="http://www.synthtech.com/cem/c3394pdf.pdf">http://www.synthtech.com/cem/c3394pdf.pdf</a><br>><br>>3394's Pin 18 is used to control the Final Gain CV, but unfortunalty<br>>Enveloppes are CPU generated, so it's not easiest as swapping a capacitor
<br>>to a smaller one with good old analogue synths...<br>><br>>Is there a last chance for faster CV, simply playing on caps or resistor<br>>values on the input of the 6 sixtrack's 3394 (such C171,R136,C169 on U131
<br>>pin 18 here: <a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2163/ST_schem/st_b1.gif">http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2163/ST_schem/st_b1.gif</a> )<br>><br>>Does these componants are used to smooth the Enveloppe CV ( a bit like a
<br>>glide ? )<br>><br>>Thanks for your help<br>>Fred<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br><br></blockquote></div>
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<div>You might have better luck by building simple hardware EGs and adding their outputs to the VCF and VCA CV inputs on the 3394 (yes, a nifty little chip). There are however, two major drawbacks to this approach: First, getting the right 'gate' signal to trigger the EGs would be a PITA (perhaps from decoding the right address on the 4051s). Second, these EGs would not be programmable, and even if they were voltage-controlled, there would be little hope of adding these settings to the existing program (unless you felt like doing a major rewrite of the Six's operating system).
<br><br clear="all">Tim (and I thought PITA was a type of bread) Servo<br>-- <br>"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein </div>