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Re: Silly Zero VCO question...

2006-07-22 by tuninghead

Hello D_

The negative (green) LED will come on when the sum of all linear
modulation is negative.  That means you must overcome the linear bias,
which is positive, with whatever your modulation source is.  If you
put the bias switch in its center position (off) and apply a sine wave
to the linear mod input, you should see both LEDs glow equally
brightly as you turn up the modulation.  This is because the
modulation is now centered at zero volts.  The modulation index is now
infinite with this setting, a subject few care to discuss.

The negative LED will also come on more easily at low bias as opposed
to high bias.  If you have never seen the green LED, you have also
never heard all the ZO can do!

--Mark Barton


--- In The_Cyndustries_List@yahoogroups.com, "legion01x"
<legionyahoo@...> wrote:
>
> I was messing with a ZeroOsc for the first time tonight and freely
> admit i don't know much about the science of this beast but I do like
> it's features and sounds. That said I noticed the unit frequently
> would go positive and the red light on the top would come on. However
> there was no patch or combination I did that made the green (negative)
> light come on. This leads me to wonder how little do I know about this
> creature or is it possilbe the green light is malfunctioning somehow?
> 
> Can anyone tell me a simple setting or patch which would allow me to
> verify both the positive (red) and negative (green) top LEDs are
> working properly?
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> As for a quick review, all I can say is "wow" about this piece.
> Another Cyndustries triumph of the left brain!
> 
> D_
>

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