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Re: DIY and standards

2005-04-14 by sasami@hotkey.net.au

It's not as important as you may think. Well designed gear often connects
together with no issues. I certainly mix a lot of brands with no issues.
Occasionaly a designer will lack foresight and do something stupid like
connecting a zener straight across an input, and onther will do something
stupid like not current limiting an output, and when the two are connected, zap.

I guess the most common "standards" are

+/- 5v for ac signals
0 to 5v (or 10v) for control signals
0 to 5v for trig and gate signals.

Ken

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>what are the standards ? and how do i mod my circuits to fit these
>standards ? i know that their is a mod to make the CGS VCO a +/-5volt
>output. but what about my other circuits that i am building ? i have a
>paia 9700 filter. i am building a blacet processer mixer , from those
>surplus boards ...i plan on adding a EG... and i have many other
>things planned ... do i need a Oscope ? of just a multimeter ?is the
>+/-5v the best option ? why or why not ? thoughts ?
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>See the following URLS for the CGS Modular Synth home page:
>Main: http://www.cgs.synth.net/
>Secondary: http://otherunicorn.0catch.com/synth/
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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