When I had posted the question it was 3 a.m. here in Italy so I went to bed. This morning I found at least three valid approachs suggested: 1)mixer 2)RM input 3)LH's mod to the unit. Thanks to everyone... who knows maybe Paul will comment LH's suggestion. Enrico --- In motm@y..., "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: edibennardo <endiendi@t...> > I was happy enough with my VCA till I wanted to have both an EG and an LFO > controlling it... Any thoughts? Any suggestions about a possible mod adding > a second CV maybe with an attenuator too? > Enrico Italy > > Larry Hendry writes: > OK, I'll take a shot at this. If I understand the circuit correctly, the > voltage applied at PIN 12 of the 3330 controls the overall gain of the VCA. > Paul has already built a summing node on the front end that sums the voltage > from the GAIN pot to the voltage from the CV MOD pot. I see no reason why > you could not add a 3rd input to that summing node. The only problem is > that you could end up with a resulting voltage that drives the VCA into > clipping if you turn both controls to max. > > As I see it, the modification requires only 3 parts. 1 - add the input jack > 2 - add a CV2 mod pot, connect the pot and jack just like J1 and VR1. 3 - > add a resistor from the wiper of new pot to the common point at R1 and R5. > Since a LFO is typically 10 volts swing, I think this resistor should be > 100K or somewhat larger. 100K would cause this CV input to have about 50% > of the effect as CV input 1 (as I see it). > > It seems to me if you use the LFO input, then depending on whether you have > a "+/-" or "0 to -" voltage you might have to adjust your "gain" pot off of > the "0" set point some. > > Paul, Care to comment right or wrong? > > Stooge Larry > > Disclaimer: I am not an engineer. I am not telling you to modify your > MOTM-110. I am offering this modification suggestion for the purpose of > discussion and learning.
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Re: 110 mod?
2001-12-11 by edibennardo
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