Doepfer

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Buechler" 
<buechlerjoe@t...> wrote:
> To me, the two main reasons for a meter module vs a multimeter (I 
own 
> two multimeters).
> 
> The first is to be able to have bipolar scale. Remember, this whole 
> discussion started when I mentioned using my A170 as a "meter 
module", 
> which is useful because you can see when a CV goes positive and 
> negative. The problem is, the A170 doesn't provide any calibrated 
> voltage value information, just relative brightness of the LEDs. 
You 
> can see the zero crossing precisely, but everything else is 
> approximate.
> 
> To use the multimeter for the same purpose, I have to apply an 
offset 
> voltage to the CV, so that 0 volts reads as +6V on my meter. That 
uses 
> up two extra modules - a CV source and a linear mixer - and then I 
> have to mentally translate the meter scale reading, pretending that 
0V 
> to 12V is really -6V to +6V. That range isn't really adequate for 
the 
> A100 CVs either. The alternative is to switch to the 50V scale, but 
of 
> course this range is too large to get a precise reading.

hello joe,

maybe i don't get it, but my multimeter reads negative values.

best wishes

ingo (my real name, easier than self oscillate, i think ;-)