Doepfer

hello richard,

it doesn't make a difference which signal is presented
to the s&h input, you can use any signal.
the result is always a constant voltage at the s&h output,
no matter what signal is used as input.
the s&h doesn't track frequencies, so it is no
pitch-to-voltage converter. it simply samples the actual
input and outputs that value until the next trigger happens.
a pitch-to-voltage converter is something completely different.

best wishes

ingo 





--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "trebcavxx" <richardbarton@c...> 
wrote:
>
> I have a question about white noise and random notes. In my own 
setup 
> (most of it Doepfer, but not all) - I generate random notes by 
> inputting the noise generator into the sample & hold module, and 
then 
> getting my random frequency tones by inputting a trigger into the 
S&H 
> from a clock. My query is - If the noise generator is actually 
> outputting an audio noise signal rather than a rapidly changing 
train 
> of voltages, how does the sample & hold recognise them ? - Surely 
the 
> sample & hold circuit only recognises VOLTAGE LEVELS rather than 
> frequencies.
> If I can patch the noise generator straight into a mixer and hear 
> noise, then surely that signal is not a train of voltages, but is a 
> train of frequencies.
> Does this mean that the sample & hold can be used as a pitch-to-
voltage 
> converter ?
> .... or am I getting something wrong here ?
> Richard
>