The "NEW" VCO Chip Cookbook - NEW LOWER PRICE

State Machine

sMs Electronics is very proud to publish and distribute the new 118 page book by Thomas Henry entitled :

The VCO Chip Cookbook

Now the book is being sold at a lower price !!

It's impossible to do serious analog synthesis with chips like the 566, 8038 and XR-2206, right? Wrong! They've got loads of life left in them, but only if you let an outsider like Thomas Henry steer you in the right direction.

Forget the pessimistic data sheets from the manufacturers; in this amazing guide you'll learn the secrets only a handful of designers are aware of. Drawing extensively from his personal lab notebooks, the author sets the record straight, presenting accurate design details in a friendly yet complete form.

To round out the deal, there are over one-hundred figures, tables, helpful hints, schematics, design equations and simulation graphs, making this the single most important resource for electronic music designers wishing to exploit integrated VCO chips. The only mathematics required is a smattering of simple high school algebra. Best of all, every circuit and technique described has been thoroughly tested at the workbench; you can design neat circuits with confidence now.

Learn how to put the 566, 8038 and XR-2206 chips under linear or exponential control, get square, sub-octave, triangle, sine, ramp and pulse-width modulated outputs, add in hard sync, balanced modulation, temperature compensation, interface to CMOS, and even obtain a wild rampoid output with no commercial equivalent!

As icing on the cake you'll find resource information, a complete bibliography and three appendices showing you how to build your own VCO test equipment.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Henry is the author of over 130 articles and eight books on the subjects of mathematics, electronic music, microcomputers, astronomy, magic and caves. Most days of the year, you'll find him as an extremely busy mathematics instructor at South Central College in Minnesota. His leisure time activities include bird watching, exploring grasslands, amateur astronomy, magic, road trips to National Parks and flower gardening. The bat is his favorite mammal.

The attached PDF file contains the books table of contents so please give it a look.

The front and back are made of heavy "red" card stock and has a red spiral binding so that the book may open flat on your workbench.

The price is $19.00 plus $4.80 shipping in the US and Canada and $8.00 all other destinations.

Please PM me if more than one book is requested.

Payment is accepted via Paypal at the following account:

billnrob@optonline.net

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sMs ELECTRONICS

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philpeery · Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 92 Location: new jersey, usa

Outstanding! I've already sent my paypal in! Can't wait to get it!
Very Happy

goodrevdoc · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:

Ha-Ha!!

Already got mine @ EM07. Great set btw State, loved the space-y track especially.

philpeery · Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 92 Location: new jersey, usa

State Machine · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:06 am Post subject:

State Machine · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:08 am Post subject:

Wild Zebra · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:12 am Post subject:

My feelings are hurt Sad

And nice job Bill! Nice to see it in that long, lost format, paper.

antman49443 · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:49 am Post subject:

Bill: sent my payment in early this morning. Thanks for providing this service!

Wild Zebra · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:23 am Post subject:

bbob · Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 358 Location: cleve

Does the book include PCB layouts for any of the projects?

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State Machine · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

Scott Stites · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

I don't visit a forum for a day, and see what happens?

Great news, Bill! A journey inside the often overlooked chips of music. Woo Hoo!

The world domination plan is going swimmingly.....

Dave Parker · Joined: Jun 07, 2007 Posts: 1 Location: USA

Questions: Magic Smoke Electronics lists itself as "the exclusive licensed source of Thomas Henry's books on do-it-yourself musical electronics" yet this VCO book is not listed there.

And this post claims this book is only available from sMs Electronics. Searching the sms electronics home page for the word "book" with google returns no results. Can someone please clarify all this?

Thomas Henry · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: Who publishes this book?

Thomas Henry · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject:

State Machine · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:35 am Post subject:

Scott Stites · Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject:

shawn · Joined: Dec 13, 2005 Posts: 175 Location: savannah

paypaled, cant wait to dig my teeth into this one.

mikeb · Joined: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 48 Location: canada

I just paypalled the money.. looking forward to reading the stuff on the XR-2206, as I've had a lot of fun with this little chip, without having to worry about designing an actual oscillator.. just the things to control it and make it make weird noises Smile

State Machine · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:32 am Post subject:

State Machine · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:35 am Post subject:

antman49443 · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:38 am Post subject:

Bill:
Got mine in the mail Friday. Thanks for the quick shipment! I have devoured it and committed it all to memory over the weekend!

I think the best part is that the current XR VCO is not totally maxed out feature-wise. When I get a chance, I plan to make a Maximus XR VCO with everything from the book!

State Machine · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

bitmonkey · Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Florida

Thanks to Thomas for the update. I've revised the phrasing on the MagSmoke because we're obviously not the *only* source of TH books.

I'll go ahead and say it: Magic Smoke was slow getting off the starting line, and I'm sure that Thomas wondered what the heck was wrong with us! Wink

We chose to "redraw" the old books and issue them as PDF files. Bad move? That's for you to decide. A little more on that, below.

Meanwhile... Congratulations to Bill (State Machine) for getting the VCO book deal; he's well known 'round these parts, he was really speedy in delivering SN Voice boards, and I personally will buy from him again.

Having said that, Magic Smoke is also coming out with another one of Thomas' books, and you will certainly be seeing more products from us.

Now... If you folks really want printed books, we'll make those, too. Don't clog up the forum with votes for them, just drop a note to magsmoke@gmail.com and tell us which book(s) you want on paper. We found what looks like a great publishing source, so hardcopy is an option.

Scott Stites · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject:

John,

That wouldn't be a clog at all - and I'm looking forward to more from Mag Smoke. I'm curious - is the Compander Book on deck? Man, that would be sweeet. The 570 is still quite accessible (and actually still being made in surface mount form). The noise book, IMO, is a classic also. And the percussion book and....well, you get the picture.

Bill - got the book, love it - it's beautiful. If you're selling time in a bottle (and not the Croce song either), can you send me a case of that? Man, soooooo much going on. I'd complain if I didn't love it so.....

Cheers,
Scott