hello ernst,
i really recomment the a196 for crazy effects! i have
used it mainly with an a110 vco for pitched sounds,
but even these pitched sounds have a special
"digital-like" noise-odd quality!you really can create
many unpredictable effects with the a196, that would
be very difficult to create with other modules. or you
would have to use a lot of other a100 modules to
create the same wierd effects that you can achieve
with only one a196! that's why i have three a196's.
AND, you can also use it as a standard pulsewave vco,
BUT, with linear cv(you can control this linear vco
from a yamaha cs or korg ms monosynth).
bakis.





--- Ernst < ernst@... > wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Back again with this insane idea of recording
> voltage control signals
> to tape.
> Thanks for all the suggestions you guys gave me on
> the last mail.
>
> However, I am still convinced that using a frequency
> demodulator is the
> best option. Since using amplitude is not really an
> option because
> you'll lose definition in the low amplitude parts
> (I'm speaking about
> the conflicts with the noise floor of the recording
> medium that
> interferes with the actual CV).
>
> After some searching in books and discussing with a
> good friend. My
> attention was pointed towards the A-196 PLL module.
> I found out the following: a frequency demodulator
> uses the phase
> locked loop (PLL) principle....
> So actually the A-196 ppl has a freq. demodulator
> inside its innards
> (or rather it is the phase comparator part inside
> the A-196 that is
> the freq. demodulator).
>
> However, the Phase Comparator in the A-196 is
> digital..
> This means that it will only report three states of
> the difference
> between the incoming signal and the internal VCO,
> bummer!
> As long as the external signals frequency is higher
> than the freq. of
> the internal VCO the resulting VC will keep rising
> and vice versa if
> the freq. of the external signal is lower. The
> resulting VC remains
> zero as long as the phases of the signals are locked
> (= freqs are the
> same). This is then not really providing me with a
> proper demodulated
> signal, it gives sort of an integrated version of
> what i want.
>
> I know that the A-196 PLL is not made for what I
> want to do, and I
> still might buy this module anyway because i can see
> some cool
> applications for it.
> Do any of you guys have some interesting experiences
> with this module
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ernst
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>

=====
Bakis Siros
Parallel Worlds / Polariton
Athens-Greece
1 group owner
http://www.shimarecords.co.uk
http://www.ward12.com



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