MOTM

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Juskiw <scott@t...> wrote:
>
> This layout keeps getting better all the time. If the inverted SINE 
> and COS outputs aren't integral to the FS then some Stooge (or 
> Stooge-wannabe) will just hack a daughterboard for them anyway. So 
> might as well add them to the FS and fill up that jack space.


There is one other possibility for those two jacks - but I'm not sure 
if it would actually be useful.

Instead of inverted outputs for the local oscillators, maybe a more 
useful feature would be inputs into the up and down feedback paths.  
That way you could do things like:

Up output goes to a VCA input, VCA output goes to the Up feedback 
input.  Now you have VC control of that feedback path.

Or maybe, Down output goes to a VCF input, VCF output goes to the Down 
feedback input.  No idea what this would do :)

Or maybe, Down output goes to Time Machine input, Time Machine output 
goes to Up feedback input.  Again, no idea what this would do :)

Someone who know the workings of frequency shifters would need to 
speak up as to weather putting things into the feedback path could 
result in cool sounds.


I can see two approaches to feedback inputs: use a switched jack with 
the input pre-attenuator.  Plugging into the jack disconnects the 
internal feedback path and you get a knob to scale your external 
input.  The other possibility is to have the feedback into a summing 
node post attenuator.  In this way, you get to keep the internal 
feedback path (controlled with the knob) but also get to mix in an 
external source as well.


Again - no idea if this is more or less useful than having inverted 
oscillator outputs.  Just another idea.


seth