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konolda
Joined: Oct 08, 2013 Posts: 3 Location: MN
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject:
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Ok, so I am new to this subject. I have made a couple of speak and spells, oscillators and such but am not experienced by any means. I was thinking of building a low-fi sequencer to create sequences with simple 555 oscillators. But rather than having eight 555 circuits, could I patch 8 different potentiometers into the same oscillator using solid state relays driven from the 4017 outputs so I could have each step at it's own pitch? I understand the logistics of wiring this, but am not sure the response of the relays would keep up seamlessly with the 4017. Thoughts?
Thanks, Adam |
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elmegil
Joined: Mar 20, 2012 Posts: 2177 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:50 pm Post subject:
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"Solid State Relays" are you talking CD4066? Or actual physical relays?
Here's a thread with a stripboard layout for a 4017 based sequencer which works:
http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-52774.html
In that thread there is also reference to Fonik's version of the same:
http://modular.fonik.de/pdf/baby10.pdf (there's a minor issue with the reset in circuit, let me know if you go that direction I can explain it).
Bottom line is, typically these designs use diodes to route the current rather than relays, but other than that follow your idea. |
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konolda
Joined: Oct 08, 2013 Posts: 3 Location: MN
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:12 am Post subject:
That makes more sense |
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Yes, that's the idea I was going for, although much simpler and more logical. Thanks for you help, appears I was making it harder than it needed to be(not that I am surprised). |
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elmegil
Joined: Mar 20, 2012 Posts: 2177 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:10 am Post subject:
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If I had a dollar for every time *I* did that... |
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konolda
Joined: Oct 08, 2013 Posts: 3 Location: MN
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:41 pm Post subject:
Control voltage |
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Ok, so now I have a new question(surprise surprise). I have always made basic 555 oscillators with a pot between pins 2 and 7 for pitch control. But I am not sure where I would tie in the control voltage output from the 4017 sequencer. Pin 5 of the 555 is control voltage(from what i can tell), but in circuits I have built so far, I always connected this to a cap connected to the ground. Long story short, I have no idea how to use a cv to modify pitch on a 555 oscillator. I was going to do this project before I got into using cvs but now I realize I just need to bite the bullet and learn this essential concept now. Thoughts? |
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elmegil
Joined: Mar 20, 2012 Posts: 2177 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:08 pm Post subject:
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The easy answer is a vactrol which is an LED and an LDR in a light-tight case. The brighter the LED, the lower the LDR resistance, voila instant voltage controlled resistance.
The problem with that approach is that good vactrols are expensive, and cheap vactrols are wildly variable in what their response curves look like. Maybe expensive ones are as well, I'm not deeply versed in vactrols.
I would recommend looking at some of Thomas Henry's recent 555 based circuits, notably he has a VCO that has a 555 at the core. He has his own subforum here, so if you go there and look for posts active over the last year (roughly) it should be easy to find. |
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PHOBoS
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