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Re: real ring wiring

2007-01-18 by sasami@hotkey.net.au

>I have 3 switchcraft type jacks(different that the box ones in ken's
>diagram) that have 3 places to connect wires.
>The first connects to the shaft where the plug enters so i figured
>that is the ground or the equivalent of SL?
>The other two connect to parts that are touching but when a plug
>enters the one piece(A) is forced away from the other.
>I am guessing that (A) is the equivalent of TP?

The one that is forced away should be TP (the TIP). The important thing is
it is the contact that stays touching the tip of the plug. The output must
be one of the outer pairs of connections.

>Also, my vco sounds weird now without the ring modulator attached.
>I figured since this was a passive device, no harm would come from
>trying different wiring out. Was this wrong to do?

If you shorted out the VCO douring your experiments it would not be good.
Also while the ring mod is a passive device, it is also a heavy load -
notably more so than most synth modules. If a synth module is designed
propperly, it will not have any permanent affect, but if a synth module is
poorly designed it is vaguely possible damage could occur, though I've not
heard of it happening with the real ring before.

Ken

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