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The address Inputs of the EPROMS are Whereto connect the jump leads.
A B C D E F G H
connected to the make contacts that are
added to the keyboard. The octaves avail- other cases, the equal temperament tun-
C -L -L -L -L -L -L -L -L
able on the keyboard are then applied to ing is maintained. lt is unfortunately not
the circuit via OR gates formed by diedes. possible to list a11the data that need to C# Eil E!3 Eil Eil -L -L -L -L
Bear in mind that the only action of impor- be stored in the EPROMs or the necessary D -L -L Eil Eil E!3 -L -L -L
tance for the detuning process is which of calculations. A package of six pro-
D# Eil -L -L E!3 -L Eil -L -L
the twelve keys has been struck, not in grammed EPROMS plus a 5.25 in. (PO
which octave the resulting note belongs. disk containing a11the data is, however, E Eil -L E!3 -L E!3 E!3 -L -L
This is fortunate, because that means that available through Dur Readers Services. F E!3 -L -L -L -L -L Eil -L
the size of the design is independent of the Finally, when during the shifting
F# Eil Eil -L Eil -L -L Eil -L
number of octaves available on the key- from one chord to another one cr more
board , apart from the number of addi- notes are sustained, the detuning of the G -L E!3 E!3 -L E!3 -L E!3 -L
tional make contacts and diedes. of tones may become audible. In that case, G# Eil Eil E!3 Eil E!3 -L E!3 -L
course. a different way of playing, that is, wait-
A -L -L -L E!3 -L E!3 E!3 -L
In principle, all information for what- ing for the notes to die down before the
ever note combination may be stored in next note is played, is the price fcr a nat- A# E!3 -L -L -L E!3 E!3 E!3 -L
the EPROMS. The present design is limi ted ural sound. • B Eil -L -L E!3 Eil E!3 E!3 -L
to that for 2-, 3- and 4-note chords; in all (J. Peereboom)

The heart of the digitally operafing volume

control is IC2, a Type 4067 16-channel ana-
logue multiplexer. )5V
Depending on the legte state on pins A,
B, C and D of the multiplexer, one of its 16
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inputs or outputs Is connected to pin 1, "•
which is the 'wiper' of the control.
Sirtee a 1 kO resistor has been con- "•
nected between each input and output, the
multiplexer may be considered a linear po- " .]
tentiometer with 16 fixed steps. Its overall
resistance is 15 kO, It is, of course, possible
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to use a different value for each of the re-
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sistors to obtain a different characteristic, t >-
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IC2 2~
for instance, a positive logarithmic one. a '
The setting of the potentiometer is COI1- sa 9 tOSC1N
4067 S 4
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STEP 8 IC3c 15 CLK
, a
trolled by counter ICl. Dependent on the ~ 12 P1 ICi 01 11 l' B , a
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4 PO

position of switch 51, the counter moves

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13 P2 45160214
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14 C
3D
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one step up or down when switch 52 is
changed over. Circuits IC3a and IC3b pro-
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9RST

...
co7
10 21
11 20
12 19 LJ~]
vide debouncing of 52.
A jump from 0000 to 1111 or the other
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1S INH
13~
14~
1S 18 '" .j
way around is not possible. because fur-
ther count pulses are suppressed with the
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COM
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aid of the CO line. Tlus line is legte low
wh~n both the counter state and signal
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UfO are o. IC3=4011
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When U / D is high and the counter
stete is 15, CO again becomes logic low. lt
is the~ necessary to reverse the legte state ' '" .]
at U/O and thus the direction of counting.
The volume control draws a current of
IC3d

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~ ~n~~~ ~~
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around 1 mA. "~

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(A. Femdcnun)
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100n
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ELEKTOR ELECTRONICS DECEMBER 1990