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FW: [motm] Re: Pitch Shifter

FW: [motm] Re: Pitch Shifter

2005-01-03 by Tkacs, Ken

The amplitude of the saw feeding the delay time CV determined the amount of the shift. I think. It was a long time ago; I'd have to wire it up again and try it. I did the same thing with a very old Korg digital delay back in the 80's, too. (Wow, was it really that long ago...? Is it really 2005...?)
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	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Dallas Williams [mailto:the_beat_maker@yahoo.com] 
	Sent: Thu 12/30/2004 8:54 PM 
	To: Tkacs, Ken 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Pitch Shifter
	
	

	I think I understand what you mean. is that going from
	a really tiny delay (milliseconds long) then slowing
	it down in small increments via the downward shape of
	the saw?
	
	--- "Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@jer.com> wrote:
	
	> Way back in the 70's I used to get a pitch shift
	> effect by driving an analog delay with a sawtooth
	> control voltage. It's quite crude, and the saw needs
	> to be pretty pure (not too hard with an MOTM
	> oscillator driving it), and it has to be
	> "positive-going" (back then we called 'inverted'
	> sawtooths 'ramps' but that distinction seems to have
	> faded with time and the terms are used
	> interchangeably now). You could hear imperfections
	> in it, but I thought it was kinda cool at the time.
	> 
	> KAT
	>
	
	
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