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Subject: RE: [motm] silly question

From: Nathan Hunsicker <nate@...>
Date: 2000-04-18

Sorry for the mistake, I meant resonance. I was more looking to have
voltage control over the reverb and vibrato controls on my amp. I thought
there would be an easy way to create a voltage controlled variable
resistor. -Nate



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>I see your point, but--
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>Don't you already have voltage control over frequency on your 420s?! You
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>should have three inputs that will control the cutoff frequency via voltage,
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>labeled: 1V/OCT, FM1, and FM2. What you ∗don't∗ have is voltage control over
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>resonance amount. You do get that (as well as cutoff control) on the 440.
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>I don't know the technical answer to your question, but having asked similar
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>questions on AH awhile back and getting learned responses from the likes of
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>Kevin Lightner and probably Paul too, the answer is no. With some circuits
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>it might be a simple matter, with others, not a simple matter. So there
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>would be no "generic" approach that would work.
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>David.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: Nathan Alan Hunsicker [mailto:nate@...]
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>> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 8:29 PM
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>> To: MOTM Newsgroup
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>> Subject: [motm] silly question
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>> Is there any simple circuit that could be made to permit voltage control
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>> over any pot? My question probably doesn't make much sense, and with my
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>> limited electrical knowledge, I probably won't explain it very well
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>> either. What I was thinking of was a circuit designed to simulate a
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>> pot. A simple circuit with a CV in, a CV attenuator, and 3 wires to
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>> replace the pot, 2 to provide a constant resistance and one to vary
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>> according to CV. This would be a simple solution to those of us who want
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>> voltage control over the freq. on their MOTM-420's or the wet/dry
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>> control on a spring reverb. Maybe I'm out of my mind here, and this is
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>> an impossibility, but it's worth throwing out. Let me know if it's
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>> possible or if it would involve too much circuitry. -Nate
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