Doepfer

Just as a matter of interest, the CEM3340 can be adapted to through 
zero linear FM operation, see this link to Jurgen Haible's dual VCO 
design. http://www.oldcrows.net/~jhaible/tonline_stuff/hj2vco.gif

Cheers,
Allan



 --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Stinchcombe" 
<timothy@t...> wrote:
> Hi Florian, Matthew,
> 
> > > > Here is a little something on the topic of thru-zero FM.
> > > > http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs159/vco6.html
> > 
> > > This looks like the Curtis CEM 3340 is a thru-zero VCO too. Am 
I 
> > > wrong or right?
> 
> Unfortunately it is not. Oscillators like the CEM3340 and the A-
110 
> require a 'standing current', positive for the 3340, negative for 
the 
> A-110. For normal 1V/octave (exponential) use this is constant, 
and 
> passes through an exponential converter (controlled by the freq 
CV) 
> and thence charges a capacitor. The capacitor is discharged 
suddenly 
> in the A-110, hence it's a sawtooth core; in the CEM3340, current 
> mirrors reverse the current and discharge the cap at the same rate 
as 
> it was charged, hence a triangle core. For linear FM control of 
both 
> of these, the linear FM input simply adds or subtracts current 
from 
> the standing current, by an amount linearly proportional to the 
> applied voltage: if this voltage becomes of such a size so as to 
> reduce the (magnitude of the) standing current to zero, the 
> oscillator simply stops, as there is nothing to charge the cap! To 
> prevent this happening generally requires quite a lot of trickery 
to 
> reverse everything at the appropriate moment, hence all the 
switches 
> and comparator in the Schmitz design.
> 
> Yet another thing on my list to look at once I finish my studies 
and 
> have the time!
> 
> Tim