Odp: [sdiy] Level Headed

[Gene Stopp]

Hey Harry - 

If the Env Gens go negative, won't the VCA's *really really* turn off? This
leads me to the following muse - I have noticed a serious lack in most
modular systems (or at least the ones I've built) of mixing an offset
voltage with control signals. All this would usually take is a couple of
jacks with + and - voltage rails on them thru a 1K resistor or something,
plus a DC mixer (which of course chews up a mixer...). How many commercial
systems have fixed voltage jacks?

- Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: harry [mailto:harrybissell at prodigy.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:05 PM
To: patchell
Cc: Roman; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: Odp: [sdiy] Level Headed


Three votes... positive and negative voltages.   I usually have the
Env Gens go positive only for the VCAs so you can be sure of
really turning off... but for VCO, LFO, etc its all Bipolar.

H^) harry

BTW is that you Roman ?  New e-mail addy ?

patchell wrote:

>     I use +/- control voltages as well, so that make two freaks.  And
> the signals I basically treat the same way as you do.  Why put limits
> that restrict your fredom.
>