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neandrewthal
Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 672 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject:
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No prob I only wish I had a third hand so I could put the camera on the blinky lights too.
This one shows it better. _________________ " I went through quite a few trannies til I found one I liked" - Wild Zebra |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:05 pm Post subject:
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Correction / Improovement
I noticed there is a tiny, but not unimportant design flaw - I'm surpriced no one else mentioned it so far: The output amplifier gain is too high. That means, the output will clip hard and nasty way before the scanning transistors go into soft limiting action. Ok, there is a lot of ugly/hard clipping gear out there, so probably that's the reason nobody complained, but that's not the way I normally design my audio circuits. My apologies. - Fortunately, this can easily be fixed, by just cahnging two resistors. What has formerly been 13k, should now be 4k3. I won't redraw the schematics diagram, but here is a correction of the PCB layout (applies to all versions):
http://www.jhaible.de/interpolating_scanner_and_scanvib/jh_interpolating_scanner_and_scanvib.html
(scroll down to end of page)
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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Funky40
Joined: Sep 24, 2005 Posts: 875 Location: Swiss
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:32 am Post subject:
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Thanks Jürgen !
hmm, no, i never noticed something bad,
but maybe i was just leveling the sound right. |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:08 am Post subject:
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Funky40 wrote: | Thanks Jürgen !
hmm, no, i never noticed something bad,
but maybe i was just leveling the sound right. |
I noticed when I played my Wurlitzer 200A thru the scanner chorus.
No more nasty periodical clipping after the mod. I can drive the input really hard now, which is good for the Wurlie sound.
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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defex
Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 36 Location: Toronto, canada
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:58 am Post subject:
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with Interpolating scanner,
If i wanted to give each section a separate output, I guess i would have to cut the traces from the transistor pairs to the output amplifier, and replicate the output amp section and offset trimmer for the other 8 channels, then mix those for the main out?
I want to try that so i can do VC surround pan and VC effect send. |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:58 pm Post subject:
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defex wrote: | with Interpolating scanner,
If i wanted to give each section a separate output, I guess i would have to cut the traces from the transistor pairs to the output amplifier, and replicate the output amp section and offset trimmer for the other 8 channels, then mix those for the main out?
I want to try that so i can do VC surround pan and VC effect send. |
Yes, that's the way to do it.
Much of the elegance of the concept is lost that way (having 9 VCA functions where everything but the input transistor pair is shared), but that's the pragmatic solution.
Make sure to add the latest mod on my project page right from the start, or you'll have to change 18 resistors instead of 2.
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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slaughterhousesam
Joined: Aug 27, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: london
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:59 pm Post subject:
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hi guys
having great fun with my pair of scanners, but there is one niggle....seems the output level is down in the line level range rather than the +/-5V modular norm. for example if i send a set 5v voltage into the input of a particular stage and then use the manual control to select that stage, im getting a little over 1.5v out. when using the ac coupling cap to get normalisation this (i think..) would half the voltage again when the scanner is "in motion".
is there a quick and easy way to bump up the output to get unity gain through the scanner?
cheers muchly |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject:
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slaughterhousesam wrote: | hi guys
having great fun with my pair of scanners, but there is one niggle....seems the output level is down in the line level range rather than the +/-5V modular norm. for example if i send a set 5v voltage into the input of a particular stage and then use the manual control to select that stage, im getting a little over 1.5v out. when using the ac coupling cap to get normalisation this (i think..) would half the voltage again when the scanner is "in motion".
is there a quick and easy way to bump up the output to get unity gain through the scanner?
cheers muchly |
The gain is set by two resistors (R49 and R50) - last thing I put up there is a mod that brings the gain *down* to unity gain:
http://www.jhaible.de/interpolating_scanner_and_scanvib/jh_interpolating_scanner_and_scanvib.html (scroll down to the bottom).
So I'm surprised you have such a low level.
Please check if your R79 is really 1k.
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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slaughterhousesam
Joined: Aug 27, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: london
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject:
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hi jurgen
r79 measures up as a 1k, checked the other resistors and they all look right too.
one thing though, the offset trimpot, is that part of the lfo? i assumed it was and as i didnt have the panel space to implement the lfo i didnt bother adjusting it, though when i look at the schematic it seems to be on the wrong side of the circuit to be related the lfo. do you think this would be able to cause problems if it was wildly mis-set?
ta |
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defex
Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 36 Location: Toronto, canada
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject:
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thanks for the quick reply again! great help with mods from the designer is awesome
sorry to spoil you elegant design but its only a couple of quad op amps and some minor components. i bought 2 of them, and i will try it on one of them to see how useful it is. |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:49 pm Post subject:
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slaughterhousesam wrote: | hi jurgen
r79 measures up as a 1k, checked the other resistors and they all look right too.
one thing though, the offset trimpot, is that part of the lfo? i assumed it was and as i didnt have the panel space to implement the lfo i didnt bother adjusting it, though when i look at the schematic it seems to be on the wrong side of the circuit to be related the lfo. do you think this would be able to cause problems if it was wildly mis-set?
ta |
Yes, it's just an offset pot for the LFO, for the VCA that controlls the LFO depth, to be precise. And even thought it seems connected at the "wrong" end of the circuit, it's actually a trimmer for the offset voltage of the OTA U14B. I thought I'd give you guys something to think about instead of re-iterating the same old circuits, connecting the offset control to pin 13 or 14 of the LM13600. (No, seriously: it was a matter of layouting, with all that cramped space. Just look at where the diode for PSU voltage reversal protection is located, and you can get the insanity of in all ...)
But no, that trimmer won't change any gain.
If your input signal is small, just reduce the value of the input resistors to the differential pairs - you want 10mVp (20mVpp) here. Maybe 20mVp.
Then get additional gain by changing the resistors in the output stage (like the mod, but increasing resistors)
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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slaughterhousesam
Joined: Aug 27, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: london
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:27 am Post subject:
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I have set up a static test case where a constant 5v voltage is fed into the 9th stage and this stage selected with the manual control, and recorded the voltages im seeing around the tl071 and relevant SSM chip.
TL071 Pin 6 =1.63v
TL071 Pin 3 = 2.97v
TL071 Pin 2 = 2.97v
TL071 Pin 7/4 = 15v/-15v
VCA 9 entrypoint (going into the 33k resistor) = 4.96v
SSM Pin 1 = 2.97v
SSM Pin 2 = 0.01v
SSM Pin 3 = -0.55v
SSM Pin 8 = 2.97v
SSM Pin 7 = 0
SSM Pin 6 = -0.55v
Are there any issues with these numbers that jump out at anybody? I thought the SSM Pin2 voltage looked a bit strange but it fits with the voltage division of the attached resistors.
Its a very odd problem, i have built two boards about a month apart and they are both showing this low gain. |
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slaughterhousesam
Joined: Aug 27, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: london
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:31 am Post subject:
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i have set the offset trimmer to mid point so its a bit easier to see what is happening now (the tl071 has been set up as a differential amplifier, right?).
On a statically selected stage, varying the incoming input signal between +5v and 0v, i see
+5v 0v
TL071 Pin 6 1.58v -0.024v
SSM Pin1(and8) 2.96v 2.43v
SSM Pin2 0.01v 0v
SSM Pin3(and 6) -0.554v -0.556v
SSM Pin7 0v 0v
Deselecting the stage sends SSM pins 3 and 6 to 0.
So it looks like a 0-5v swing coming in to the module causes a 0.5v swing in the output of the SSM, which is amplified by around 3x for a 1.5v in the TL071 output. Are these SSM swings in the right ballpark? If so then I think I need x10 gain on the TL071 rather than x3. |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject:
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If your output level is too low and everything else seems right, just increase the gain of the output amp, by choosing larger resistor values.
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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slaughterhousesam
Joined: Aug 27, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: london
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:40 pm Post subject:
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cool, im going cross eyed trying to find something thats out of place |
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slaughterhousesam
Joined: Aug 27, 2010 Posts: 16 Location: london
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:58 pm Post subject:
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13k resistors get me unity gain again....rofl
thanks for your time and patience jurgen |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:06 pm Post subject:
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slaughterhousesam wrote: | 13k resistors get me unity gain again....rofl
thanks for your time and patience jurgen |
Then my original calculations/simulations which led to 13k resistor value weren't that bad after all.
I just found, empirically, that in the Hammond-style vibrato application, the output was too hot, and clipping, and I changed the gain accordingly, and put it on the web as mod. Hmm ...
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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neandrewthal
Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 672 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:01 pm Post subject:
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I love my Scanner but I keep dreaming about how great it would be if one could adjust the width of the function generator waveform. For example, at one extreme it would be so narrow that each input would just be heard as a quick blip when it is scanned by with silence in between. At the other extreme, several stages would blend together instead of just two adjacent ones.
Would this be very hard to implement, or impossible without starting again from scratch? _________________ " I went through quite a few trannies til I found one I liked" - Wild Zebra |
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jhaible
Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 2014 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject:
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neandrewthal wrote: | I love my Scanner but I keep dreaming about how great it would be if one could adjust the width of the function generator waveform. For example, at one extreme it would be so narrow that each input would just be heard as a quick blip when it is scanned by with silence in between. |
Just increase the modulation depth:
Make R81 = 10k (was: 100k) and use an external LFO.
JH. _________________ "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mk 11,23f) |
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