Cgs synth

At 04:52 PM 6/5/2008, Mark wrote:

>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.

Yeah, I usually call that a suboctave or an octave divider, if not a
clock divider (depending on the usage).

>You can also use logic circuits to create ring modulation
>effects, but it only works with squared waves.

The ARP Oddyssey's "ring modulator" is an XOR, as I understand.

>If you are talking
>about an octaver pedal (eg. Meyer Octavia), they used rectification
>to double the frequency.

I was. Thanks!

It would be interesting to compare rectification with
self-ring-modulation (or is it ring-self-modulation?).

John


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