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size=2 face=Arial>We think similarly, Pete (and Tony). The thing is, the
requirement for the second board is just a linearized pair with a single opamp,
and it was quite easy to include this on the first board, but I also
don't feel right about splitting up a circuit across two boards. Also, it
makes the wiring a little bit strange.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>However, I think that I have found a different
solution. When Danjel and I were developing the Rubicon 2, we had a small
problem in that the Warp circuit naturally creates waveforms with pretty big
amplitudes (up to 20Vpp). One of the fellows who works at Intellijel
thought that this might wreak havoc with some people's DAWs and stuff, so we
decided to add some sort of limiter. I came up with (what I thought was) a
pretty elegant solution in which the Warp CV controls a linearized
2164 VCA to limit the waveform to 10Vpp no matter what. I tested it
and it worked perfectly. However, Danjel thought that it sounded boring,
so he suggested a simple wavefolder for limiting the amplitude, and this sounded
much more interesting -- thus, the Squish circuit was born.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708354506-25062018><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>However, I now realize that I can put both circuits on my
handmade version, and select them with a three-way switch (which won't make the
panel any more complex). Some folks might like the idea of limiting the
Warp output but not coloring it with a wavefolder. In this way, I
will be using the entire fourth 2164 chip on the second board, and only wasting
half of the third chip on the first board. I can live with that. (I
will also probably put the Squish intensity trimmer on the panel as a small pot,
since this is something I quite like to be able to control.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>And, who knows, I might come up with another use for that
spare linearized VCA.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708354506-25062018><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Anyway, thanks for the input.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>It's not like the 2164 is hard to find these days, I would put
the extra chip on the other board.<BR><BR>Could just be due to superstition
about splitting something like a waveshaper across two boards :)
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