DoubleDeka VCO

The first synth circuit I ever built was a VCO consisting of an ultrasonic core followed by a pair of waveform generators where the waveform was "drawn" by setting the positions of ten slide potentiometers (ELECTRONOTES #112). A recent improved version of this oscillator is called the DoubleDeka VCO. Its main documentation is in this file:  doc link

Here are some sound clips demonstrating a few of the many capabilities of the DD:

DDdemo01:
This is a very basic demo of the DoubleDeka VCO. First switching through the octaves and then moving the sliders around.

DDdemo02:
Here is another very basic demo. With fixed waveforms, switching through all the combinations of the octave switches.

DDdemo03:
This demo has four sections using a patch with the two waveforms from the DoubleDeka fed through two VCFs.

DDdemo04:
Here is a clip from a patch using four waveforms from two units. These are raw sounds without filtering.

DDdemo05:
Here are some very basic demos of the wide variety of sounds available using the DoubleDeka's unique synchronization and (pseudo) ring modulator circuitry. Sweeps of a Tri VCO fed into the the sync input (for each of the two sync modes) and then into the RM input.

Dem_A1:
Here is a demo of the "Harmonic Sync" mode. A few seconds of the unsynced sequence, then the sync master is plugged in, then the sliders are shoved around.

Dem_B1:
This demo of the "Anharmonic Sync" mode has truly hideous sounds, with a brief respite when switched over to "Harmonic" mode and back. Again, with different slider positions.

Dem_C1:
Here is a demonstration of a DoubleDeka FM patch, similar to other VCOs. My ADAR EG is used in the monostable drive mode, with different settings of Mono Width and Decay Time.

Dem_D1:
The digital ring modulation input DRM) used to make some bell sounds.


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