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another +1 for LTspice.<br>
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I am not known to be reluctant to complain about UIs,<br>
but even though, when getting into LTspice, realizing one quirk
after another - none of them were all that bad.<br>
The basic components like R,C,L exactly on those keys, D for
diode, G for ground, intuitive enough. Then a few F keys you need
to remember to switch between editing modes (move, clone, cut,
create net label, draw connections - which is probably the
funniest part: no auto re-adjustment of connections to look neat
if you move parts).<br>
Pick complex devices from the menu. That's it for the most part,
to do a lot of stuff. Then there are SPICE directives for type of
analysis and sweeping parameters etc.<br>
Finding of 3rd party models and importing them I found a bit
fumbly at times, there are different ways that can be done.<br>
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I especially like the feature of exporting wave files from signals
your circuit creates - or importing wave files and have them
impact your circuit, as a voltage source (I remember there was a
fixed amplitude level one needs to take into account, a bit
inconvenient / wonder why they didn't add a scaler parameter, or
maybe I overlooked it).<br>
These input wave files do not have to be audio. You can "abuse"
them to be any voltage levels and their alterations as you please,
to create more complex voltage level patterns than the LTspice
native voltage sources otherwise would, to test stuff.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Good library, very active community, and
conversion tools for other libs.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I run the Win vers on VirtualBox tho on MacOS as
Mac version is horrid.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Regards,</div>
<div dir="auto">JPS</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 at 6:54
pm, Tom Wiltshire <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tom@electricdruid.net">tom@electricdruid.net</a>>
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LTspice pretty heavily. It’s also free. The interface is
bizarre if you’re charitable, plain dreadful if you’re not,
but it works well.<br>
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It’s great for plotting frequency responses, and I often use
the parametric features too - so you can see what happens
when you twiddle a pot.<br>
<br>
Like David, these days I tend to go from simulator to strip
board since I’m reasonably sure the thing is going to work,
and any final changes or adjustments are done on a
more-solid strip board prototype.<br>
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Tom<br>
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> On 24 Oct 2020, at 02:03, Shawn Rakestraw <<a
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> I'll keep this quick and to the point. I have used a
simple web based circuit simulator for a while because I
have never learned how to use proper simulators like spice
or whatever.<br>
> <br>
> As far as audio / synth use goes, is there a good
resource or tutorial that covers how to setup and use a
simulator? Do any of you simulate rather than breadboard?<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for any advice.<br>
> <br>
> - Shawn<br>
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