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WSG - what does 'Wackiness' switch do?
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YoSynthi



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:14 am    Post subject: WSG - what does 'Wackiness' switch do?
Subject description: What exactly is happening when S1 feeds Wacky osc into Weird osc?		 Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
My first post, so please be nice…

I’ve had great fun breadboarding Ray Wilson’s Weird Sound Generator, and I love it! One little bit of the circuit perplexes me though – what exactly is happening when the ‘Wacky’ audio oscillator feeds into the ‘Weird’ oscillator, via diode D1? I love the effect, but does this particular configuration or modulation have a name?

Does anyone know exactly what the diode is doing, and why is it essential to the sound? I removed the diode to see what would happen (it’s important to experiment!) and all you get is the Wacky oscillator sound on its own.

By the way, love the site, love the forum.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Can't help you with your question really, just wanted to say welcome , and hope someone else will give it a try.
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also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
You might want to try shorting the two nodes that the diode was connected to, just removing the diode removes the wacky part of the circuit from the rest of the WSG Circuit.

My guess to what is happening is. Having the diode there lets some of the current in the Weird part into the wacky circuit and power it, further more the diode stops the flow of current going the other way.

Which from what I have said means that the Wierd circuit has no effect, but like you said it does so we are no better off by this description. Smile
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