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TheAncientOne

Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 144 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:31 am Post subject:
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Just had another thought about this unit. Perhaps someone more expert in things Buchla could chip in here.
I seem to remember that Buchla used 1.2V/Octave in his synths, making some setups easier at 100mV/Semitone, rather than the 0.08333 in the Moog format.
If that's the case, maybe a change in the output scaling and cross coupling might be a possible modification for most current synths. I know one can always adjust the modulation depth control, but in certain areas I feel that may not quite be enough, because the cross mod from the 680K output to input cascade is acted upon by the gain of each output current amplifier.
Dammit! I'm just going to have to build one now.
(edited for missing '0' c- for maths today!) _________________ Mike Last edited by TheAncientOne on Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Peake

Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1113 Location: Loss Angeles
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:59 pm Post subject:
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Hey Prof!
I believe that the 200e use 1.2V/8va; the vintage oscillators (258) were 2V/8va. _________________ We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid. -mwagener
"IC 741. Sometimes you don't want fidelity." -Small Bear Electronics Catalog |
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Tasmanian Alkaloid

Joined: Jun 29, 2008 Posts: 116 Location: Isle De Mort
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:11 am Post subject:
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TheProf wrote: | Tasmanian Alkaloid wrote: | Thanks guys.
-Prof, i don't have a scope, so can't verify your troubleshooting ideas. But thanks- i will keep this in mind should the problems continue.
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A cheap logic probe, (Cue original 'Tron' line "Bring on the logic probe!"), might help. They can be obtained quite cheaply on ebay. Testing the clock input and the stage outputs of the register will tell you where the failure point is. I'd look to see if the clock input was 'blocking' - locking up, or the shift register. My bet is on the shift reg, due to the power cycle needed to clear it.
If you use a test meter on a shift register output, this will tell you if it's locked at 1's (voltage high), or 0's, (voltage low). Looking at the design, it would seem Don Buchla was protecting against the all 0's condition, (see diagram note around U4D). If you let it lock, then reduce the clock speed to where it would run, you could probably inject some 1's by temporarily grounding the junction of U4 pin 1 and R23, via (say) a 1K resistor. If the pattern re-starts then you have at least cut your problem search down to the shift register and feedback part.
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Thanks! Totally fascinating. I'll revisit the schematics & have a closer look at the modules.
-Matt |
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303monkey
Joined: Mar 11, 2008 Posts: 65 Location: NODNOL
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject:
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I'm in for two boards if a run is made. |
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tlu
Joined: Feb 26, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Pacific Northwest
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:30 pm Post subject:
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RERUN???? Count me in please. |
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inlifeindeath

Joined: Apr 02, 2010 Posts: 316 Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject:
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On the issue of the CD4015 locking up...
I built a circuit based on one of my favorite Lunetta patches using 40106 oscillator and a 4015 SR. I had issues getting it to work like I wanted it to because it kept locking into the same sequence. Once I added a voltage starve pot, it would create insane freak out sequences but then once it got back to full 9v supply it would lock up again. I don't quite remember how I hook up the data and clock inputs but I thought it was interesting to see it happening in a Buchla (clone) module. Going to have to throw one of these together.
Here's a video of the device in action
http://youtu.be/gM4IZ28ccEI _________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/borisandfef |
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LFLab
Joined: Dec 17, 2009 Posts: 497 Location: Rosmalen, Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject:
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Etched a board for the 208 random a while back. I added a doepfer power connector, onboard cliff jacks and perf area for an on-board clock. Didn't feel like finishing one of the other 500 or so projects in progress, but felt like starting something new. Plonked all components in and started it up, had a monster of a short in the psu connector so it didn't work on first startup, but when the short was removed it worked like a charm! Good thing regulators survive shorts, or at least mine seem to have.
Quite a bit of output, so these will need a divider, not sure if I want to put in fixed ones or panel mounted pots, seems a bit overkill for such a simple thing.
Haven't tried clocking it really quickly. |
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ShapeSorter
Joined: Aug 16, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Cleveland
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:50 pm Post subject:
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Hey, I know that this is necromancy, and a newb question:
I have noticed that people have mentioned making eurorack modules out of this pcb. Are they changing resistor values when providing +/-12v or just leaving the circuit as is? |
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bubzy

Joined: Oct 27, 2010 Posts: 594 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:56 am Post subject:
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Doesn't look like theres any reason to change resistors for 12v to me, give it a go, its not gonna explode
Nothing wrong with a bit of topic necro especially for this nifty unit! _________________ _Richard_  |
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ShapeSorter
Joined: Aug 16, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Cleveland
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:21 am Post subject:
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Awesome! Does anyone know the output level, so I may incorporate fixed dividers into my PCB? |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:45 am Post subject:
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Wow, a bit to big for euro...
Anybody did a smaller layout? (around 80x80 or something like this?) |
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LFLab
Joined: Dec 17, 2009 Posts: 497 Location: Rosmalen, Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:41 am Post subject:
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My rack is deep enough, so I just have the PCB perpendicular to the panel. Even added a eurorack IDC power header.
Didn't add a divider, but did add a simple lfo as a means of a clock source.
Not sure if it's on 12v or 15v (I have both in my rack). |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:46 am Post subject:
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Then I have to redraw it in eagle:(
My rack is 115 mm deep, the panel is around 125 :S |
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animalman
Joined: Jan 21, 2013 Posts: 18 Location: out past midnight
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:16 pm Post subject:
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Been getting interested in having more randomness in my system.
Looking through the schematic and wonder if it would be possible to get random pulses/gates from this circuit as well??
Also how do you guys go about attenuating the "hot" output voltages to
suit +12/-12 systems? |
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elmegil

Joined: Mar 20, 2012 Posts: 2173 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:57 pm Post subject:
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Yes. Generally you'd use a comparator to get gates, and then gate - to - trigger to get triggers on the leading edges of the gates (and you could invert the gate and do gate to trigger on that to get falling edge triggers if that was your thing). |
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animalman
Joined: Jan 21, 2013 Posts: 18 Location: out past midnight
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:19 am Post subject:
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Thanx.
Guess i should try to play around with the 4015. Here the use the 4015 together wit a 4070 XOR for a pseudo random sequence.
http://www.doctronics.co.uk/4015.htm |
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JovianPyx

Joined: Nov 20, 2007 Posts: 1988 Location: West Red Spot, Jupiter
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:48 am Post subject:
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This may or may not interest you:
Using 2 4015 and an XOR will give you pseudo random binary numbers. However, all pseudo random generators repeat, like a counter (this circuit is called an LFSR or Linear Feedback Shift Register) and will repeat every 255 clocks because it is an 8 bit LFSR. This is notable in some old equipment and even some old ICs (74677). When this is used as an audio noise source, you can hear an obvious repeat as a kind of chugging sound. If the random number stream is used for control, it's highly possible that you can hear a repeat in the pattern. This repeat may or may not be good depending on your intention.
My point is that if you want pseudo randomness that can't be humanly detected as pseudo randomness, you need more than 8 bits in the LFSR. For example, you can build an LFSR with 16 bits and use the lower 8 bits as the random number, but this sequence won't repeat until it's been clocked 65535 times. Increasing the number of bits gives an even longer sequence. We can calculate the time before repeats by knowing the clock rate and the number of LFSR bits.
Here is a chart which shows the LFSR configurations up to 168 bits showing which bits to tap for the XOR inputs. (note that the bits are labeled from bit 1, not bit 0). For each, the sequence length will be 2^N - 1 where N is the number of bits.
The basic circuit is the the same, a shift register and XOR or XNOR gate with inputs from selected taps on the shift register. Note that not all combinations of bit taps will yield a "maximal" sequence. A maximal sequence will have a repeat after 2^N - 1 clocks. Non-maximal LFSRs will have a repeat after less than 2^N -1 clocks. The taps shown in the chart are all maximal. There are other tap combinations that are also maximal, but finding them is not trivial.
HTH _________________ FPGA, dsPIC and Fatman Synth Stuff
Time flies like a banana. Fruit flies when you're having fun. BTW, Do these genes make my ass look fat? corruptio optimi pessima
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animalman
Joined: Jan 21, 2013 Posts: 18 Location: out past midnight
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject:
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wow that looks interesting. Honestly couldn't wrap my head around that bit-chart...but definitely something i'll need to research and digest.
Right on! |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 1:22 pm Post subject:
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I've finished mine, but its no working...
I used banana jacks.
I've read that Peake mentioned something about bananas, but I think its not the problem or yes? |
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fluxmonkey
Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 708 Location: cleve
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:05 pm Post subject:
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Snaper wrote: | I've finished mine, but its no working...
I used banana jacks.
I've read that Peake mentioned something about bananas, but I think its not the problem or yes? |
Banana jacks should not be a problem. Are you using one of my boards? Can you confirm that all the chips are getting power, and are oriented correctly? What are the specific chip numbers for the ICs? _________________ www.fluxmonkey.com |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:28 pm Post subject:
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fluxmonkey wrote: | Snaper wrote: | I've finished mine, but its no working...
I used banana jacks.
I've read that Peake mentioned something about bananas, but I think its not the problem or yes? |
Banana jacks should not be a problem. Are you using one of my boards? Can you confirm that all the chips are getting power, and are oriented correctly? What are the specific chip numbers for the ICs? |
No, I've etched VTL's layout.
For me everything seems fine, I've checked the power and its OK, will check the ICs as soon as possible.
Its weird that I can measure 0.54V on every output, even if there is no trigger/gate. |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:17 pm Post subject:
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Ok, so checked.
I have only 0.52V on all outputs, no change.
Measured the ICs and every power rail is OK.
No etching problems, short...actually, this is one of my best home etched boards...
Checked every single cap and resistor, everything is OK.
Now the IC brands :
- (logo)/812 LM3900N
- (logo)/812 LM3900N
- MCY 74016 TOMI
The 4015s (tried two type)
- (logo)39CXN7KE4 CD4015BE
- (logo)P9812AB CD4015BCN
All of the ICs are new, unused.
I think the problem is somewhere around one of the LMs, because, I can't measure anything at the DATA input legs of the 4015
Ideas? |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:02 am Post subject:
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Another info :
I can measure around 13V on every out without any trigger at the input.
Right after I apply a trigger, every output goes down to 0.52 and stays there until power down and up.
Don't really know what could be the problem :S |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:50 am Post subject:
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Switched the lm3900s and now two of the random outs are working...hm |
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Snaper
Joined: Feb 28, 2014 Posts: 205 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:22 am Post subject:
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Replaced both LM3900s, and now everything works like a charm  |
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