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<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">You could try your switching scheme, but add a fet or vactrol mute. This would mute the signal during the time to reinstate dc balance.</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">If you can't tack this on the original gate, you might need to add some cleverness (slew or gate delay).</div></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div id="LGEmailHeader" dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">------ Origineel bericht------</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Van: </b>Tim Ressel<timr@circuitabbey.com></timr@circuitabbey.com></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Datum: </b>zo, 17 apr. 2016 21:27</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Naar: </b>Synth-Diy;</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>CC: </b></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Onderwerp:</b>[sdiy] switching without popping</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br></div></div><pre>Good day everyone,Basic question: If I wanted to make an A-B switch and not have it pop, what is the best way to do it?I tried to do an A-B with a DG449 but the popping was unacceptable. Popping occurs when the incoming signals are at different voltages. Then you switch between them you get an instantaneous transition from one voltage to the other, resulting in a pop.I have mulled this over quite a bit. The obvious answer is to cross fade instead of switch. So instead of a DG449 you use a pair of VCAs. This is where I run into trouble. VCAs and their associated control circuits are huge, and my products are small. I thought of using vactrols but you need 2 to get 80+ dB attenuation, and again they are big as well as expensive.I have tried to use a FET as a cheap VCA but can never get it to work. Lots of distortion.Query: Can one use a DG449 switch and a high frequency PWM, say 100KHz or higher, to do a cross fade? Or would that result in aliasing?There must be a good solution. Ideas?-- --Tim ResselCircuit<a href="mailto: Abbeytimr@circuitabbey.com"> Abbeytimr@circuitabbey.com</a>_______________________________________________Synth-diy mailing<a href="mailto: listSynth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nlhttp"> listSynth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nlhttp</a>://<a href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy">dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a></pre></div>
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