<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is a great writeup, Tom. I spent a long train ride in Japan reading about this very thing. Their economy in the design of these features is interesting, too! In the case of the JX8P,I think I remember it was a single BJT that muted the DCO. Very cheap "cross-mod" indeed. <div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Tom Wiltshire <<a href="mailto:tom@electricdruid.net" class="">tom@electricdruid.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">I mentioned the other day that I was working on article about Roland’s "cross modulation” and “metal sync” and what they really are.<br class=""><br class="">It turns out there are three different generations of Roland synths that each use the “Cross mod” terminology differently. Only the second generation DCO-based instruments have the Metal Sync feature. Full details here:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://electricdruid.net/roland-cross-mod-metal-sync/" class="">https://electricdruid.net/roland-cross-mod-metal-sync/</a><br class=""><br class="">Any corrections, comments, or feedback are always appreciated. I’ve only just got this into a reasonable condition, so I don’t suppose it’s perfect just yet!<br class=""><br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Tom<br class=""><br class="">==================<br class=""> Electric Druid<br class="">Synth & Stompbox DIY<br class="">==================<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Synth-diy mailing list<br class="">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br class="">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>