<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 08.12.2023 um 01:35 schrieb Danjel van Tijn / intellijel <<a href="mailto:danjel@intellijel.com" class="">danjel@intellijel.com</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Let's say I wanted to generate 100 outputs with an update rate of a few kHz and an equivalent bit depth of 12 or 16 bits.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">I know that back in the day when DACs were extremely expensive, the designs would use a single DAC and then demux to a bunch of S&Hs. <br class=""><br class="">Now that DACs are cheaper, is it better to chain a bunch of 8- or 16-channel DACs? <br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">One thing to consider is, are all the CVs needed in one place/on one PCB, or do you need them scattered across a larger device (say, a modular synth)? In the latter case you could place the DACs where the CVs are needed and feed them with a common I2C or whatever bus. Much less wiring effort required, this could probably outweigh the lower cost of a DAC+S&H solution.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m curious, which CV needs 12 or even 16 bits of resolution with an update rate of a few kHz at the same time?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ingo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>