RE: A-111 High End VCO
2008-01-26 by David Westling
Thanks Tim, sorry for the delay in responding. David > Hi David, > > > I've got this A-111 I got used via AH some months ago. it works > > according to what I'd expect except that the range switch has an > > anomaly. Set all the way counterclockwise, it puts out at LFO > > frequencies, but for the top two positions it reverts back to LFO. > It > > has ten positions also, not eight. > > That sounds normal: only 8 of the ten 10 positions are used, and > because of the type of switch used (it is a 'binary coded decimal' > one), when you turn it past position 8, it 'wraps around' giving the > lower two settings again for 9 and 10. > > At the high end, nothing above > > maybe 8000 cps is available. And in the low end, it doesn't go all > > the way down to less than 1 cps like other oscillators, but maybe to > > five or six cps only. > > In normal adjustment, the '-3' setting should give approx 8Hz with 0V > CV in, and the '4' position will then be 1046Hz, at 0V in. At '4', if > you input 5V, it should be good for 33kHz or so, and maybe more for > more volts in. If you are not getting this, then the irst step > would be > to try and re-calibrate the module, which most likely you will need to > ask Dieter for! > > Tim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]