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- From: mxd7977@ultb.isc.rit.edu (ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN)
- Subject: Clock signal generator
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.203504.16474@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:35:04 GMT
-
- I am trying to construct a circuit that will provide a multistable
- vibrator type signal given an impulse signal...
-
- Let me explain why I am trying to accomplish this. I have an old
- Analog Synth (A Roland SH-101) that I am trying to sync to the rest of
- my midi studio. The 101 has an external clock input which I can use to
- sync it's internal sequencer with the rest of my setup. To build a
- MIDI->Clock circuit is a much greater undertaking in both time and
- expense than what I am trying to accomplish. While rummaging through my
- studio the other day, a thought occurred to me, I also own a Roland
- TR-505 drum machine. Although this machine doesn't have any sync
- outputs or anything, it does have a little led on it that blinks on (i
- believe) every other quarter note (half notes). Ideally, what I would
- like to do is use this led to create a clock signal, but expand the
- signal so that it is a multivibrator during the time it isn't on. With
- four years of Computer Engineering under my belt, my brain tells me that
- this is not possible without some sophisticated software with out any
- slew...the reason I say this is this is how the signal looks:
-
- |--------| |
- | | |
- | <-t1-> | <- t2 -> | etc...
- | | |
- | | |
- ------- -------------------------|
-
- Where t1 is always the same value regardless of tempo but where t2
- varies according to tempo. In other words, unless I use this straight
- signal and invert it and feed the 101 with that there is no way I can
- get a reliable clock signal to the 101.
-
- The other thing I was thinking about was if I could either find
- where the led circuitry was I might be able to increase the rate at
- which it blinked or even more simply directly feed the clock signal from
- the chip (The clock signal for the tempo generation not the clock signal
- Of the circuit), I could reduce the frequency of it to a usable form.
- From what I saw of the 505 inside, it looks like a lot of pre-fab
- micro-controllers which would be what one would most likely expect in a
- product which was mass produced. Anybody have any tips in dealing with
- these types of beasts. I presume that although the majority of the
- hardware is probably the DAC and memory (it is one of the first sampled
- drum machines) there is probably a section dedicated to tempo
- generation. BTW It is quite possible for me to slave my studio to the
- clock of the drum machine, so this is another reason, why it would be
- beneficial to find the clock generator.
-
- Any comments or suggestions welcome
-
- Regards,
- EM
-
-
-