[sdiy] Sequencer thoughts

[Glen]

At 09:08 PM 4/6/02 , Peter Grenader wrote:

>Options I've come up with are:
>
>1)  A single four bit data stream (another 4516) run at a super-high
>frequency which, when gated by the 4042 at a considerably lower freq, should
>give me quasi-random four bit number streams. A four bit sample and hold of
>sorts. I believe this is how Serge did it, although I have not seen one of
>those schemo's in a few years.
>
>2) Four independant white noise signals into four different comparitors, the
>output of each  routed into 4042 latch inputs.  Not sure what in the hell
>would happen there, but it seems less random than option 1

On the contrary, I doubt that you will get much more random than using four
independent white noise generators. I certainly would expect it to be more
random than solution #1. (When you said four signals, I assume you meant from
different noise generators.)


Later,
Glen