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> I don't think there is a way to break a 440 in order to turn it into
> a ring modulator.
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> Is it possible that what you are hearing is phase cancelation?? Can
> you get the same effect with the bass enhance set to normal, and the
> resonance set at zero??
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> You would also get unexpected results if you accidently swapped one
> or more of the inputs on the front panel. For example, and I have
> not tried this myself, if you sent audio to to the resonance input
> you might get a ring mod effect (a VCA is two-quadrant multiplier, a
> ring-mod is a four-quadrant multiplier, and sometimes a VCA, even
> something like a limiter, can malfunction as such).
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> I would check to see if all of your jacks are labeled properly.
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> On 3/26/07, sduck409 put forth:
>>I've had my 440 for a while, built it from a kit maybe a year ago,
>>but haven't had a lot of time
>>to mess with it besides some basic usage. Last night I was using the
>>mixing part of it for the
>>first time, and noticed an anomoly - the inputs are ring modulating
>>each other. Two
>>oscillators (300s), into inputs 1 and 2 (or any other combo), and
>>twiddle the frequency knobs
>>on the oscillators, and I get all kinds of extra sideband
>>frequencies. Sounds just like a ring
>>modulator. The exact same patch into my 480, and no problems, just
>>the 2 frequencies, not
>>interacting. Guess I've done something wrong - any ideas what?
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