Doepfer

So it samples the VOLTAGE LEVEL of the input ?
Richard

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "selfoscillate" 
<synaptic_music@y...> wrote:
>
> 
> 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
> >
>