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Re: real ring modulator

2008-06-05 by Mark

On 6/5/08, John Mahoney put forth:
>
> >You can also use the guitar signal as a carrier, ring modulating the
> >guitar with itself.
>
>Isn't that how vintage octave pedals work?

Most octave pedals, as well as the dbx units, square up the signal
then divide it with a flip-flop. That's how the original Mutron
worked. You can also use logic circuits to create ring modulation
effects, but it only works with squared waves. If you are talking
about an octaver pedal (eg. Meyer Octavia), they used rectification
to double the frequency.

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