Electronotes - Builder's Guide & Preferred Circuits Collection by Bernie Hutchins Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page #1 Cover Page Page #5 Table of Contents Page #7 Part One: Introduction, Basics, Plans Page #9 --- 1-1. Introduction Page #11 --- 1-2. Plan Of Attack Page #12 --- 1-3. The Actual Plan Of The Electronic Music System Page #13 --- 1-4. Deciding What Will Be In Your System Page #20 --- 1-5. How To Obtain The Parts You Need Page #23 --- 1-6. Building Your System Page #26 --- 1-7. System Integration Page #27 --- 1-8. Standards Used Page #28 --- 1-9. Substitution Of Op-Amps Page #31 --- 1-10. Modular Design Page #41 Part Two: Construction Practices Page #43 --- 2-1. Introduction Page #43 --- 2-2. Hints On Setting Up An Electronic Music Working Area Page #47 --- 2-3. How I Make My P.C. Boards In A Matter Of A Few Hours Page #50 --- 2-4. Putting Your Circuit Boards Inside Something Page #53 --- 2-5. Making Rack Panels Page #59 --- 2-6. Some More Suggestions On Actually Getting Construction Underway Page #63 --- 2-7. How To Actually Build Something Page #63 --- --- Part 1: AN-14 - Parts And Supplies Page #65 --- --- Part 2: AN-15 - Circuit Boards Page #67 --- --- Part 3: AN-16 - Soldering In Parts Page #69 --- --- Part 4: AN-17 - Packaging Page #71 --- --- Part 5: AN-18 - Miscellaneous Hints Page #73 Part Three: Preferred Circuits Collection Page #75 --- Power Supplies Page #77 --- --- PS-1: AN-1 - Five-Volt One-Amp Power Supplies For TTL Page #79 --- --- PS-2: AN-2 - Bipolar 15 Volt Supplies For Op-Amps Page #81 --- --- PS-3: AN-98 - IC Regulators For Small Bench Supplies Page #83 --- --- PS-4: AN-136 - An Op-Amp Supply Based On A 12.6V Filament Transformer Page #85 --- --- PS-5-Acc: Crowbar Circuit Page #85 --- --- PS-Extra: MEH-5j Page #87 --- Controller Interfaces Page #88 --- --- CI-1: EN#68 - The ENS-76 Home-Built Synthesizer System - Part 4 Page #98 --- --- CI-2: EN#45 - Controller Interface CI-2 Page #99 --- --- CI-3-Acc: MEH-7b - Ranging And Scaling Unit Page #100 --- --- CI-4: EN#124 - The ARP Surplus Three-Octave Keyboard Page #103 --- Voltage-Controlled Oscillators Page #105 --- --- EN#75 - The ENS-76 Home-Built Synthesizer System - Part 7, VCO Options Page #109 --- --- --- VCO-1 Page #113 --- --- --- VCO-2 Page #117 --- --- VCO-3: EN#67 - ENS-76 'Utility VCO' Page #118 --- --- VCO-4: EN#65 - Through-Zero VCO (Hall) Page #119 --- --- VCO-5: EN#69 - AM-FM Utility VCO Using XR2206 VCO Chip Page #120 --- --- VCO-6: EN#87 - 2030 VCO Page #121 --- --- VCO-7: EN#129 - A Voltage-Controlled Oscillator With Through-Zero FM Capability Page #131 --- Manually-Controlled Oscillators Page #133 --- --- MCO-1: AN-29 - Simple Sine Wave Oscillators Page #135 --- --- MCO-2: AN-67 - Simple Triangle-Square Oscillator Page #137 --- --- MCO-3: AN-79 - Some Simple Sawtooth Wave Generators Page #139 --- --- MCO-4: EN#88 - Peter Lutz's LFO Page #140 --- --- MCO-5: EN#53 - Inexpensive Function Generator (Craig Anderton) Page #141 --- --- MCO-6: EN#44 - Low-Frequency Control Oscillator Page #141 --- --- MCO-7: EN#83 - Simple Manually Tuned Triangle-Square Generator Page #143 --- Voltage-Controlled Amplifiers Page #145 --- --- VCA-1: EN#29(MEH-5c) - VCA Design Example #1 - VCA With Linear Response Page #146 --- --- VCA-2: EN#34(MEH-5c) - VCA Design Example #2 (Linear And Exponential Controls) Page #147 --- --- VCA-3: EN#63 - ENS-76 VCA Option 1 Page #147 --- --- VCA-4: EN#87 - Synthesizer Voltage-Controlled Amplifier Using 2020 Page #149 --- Envelope Followers Page #151 --- --- EF-1: EN#60 - Nicholas Collins' Envelope Follower Page #152 --- --- EF-2: EN#86 - R. Iodice's Envelope Follower Page #153 --- --- EF-3: EN#88 - Denny Genovese's Envelope Follower Page #154 --- --- EF-4: EN#89 - Envelope Follower With Ripple Reduction Page #155 --- Voltage-Controlled Filters Page #156 --- --- EN#71 - The ENS-76 Home-Built Synthesizer System - Part 5 Page #158 --- --- --- VCF-1 Page #162 --- --- --- VCF-2 Page #164 --- --- VCF-3: EN#41 - Voltage-Controlled 4-Pole Network Page #165 --- --- VCF-4: EN#87 - Electronic Music Voltage-Controlled Lowpass Filter Page #166 --- --- VCF-5: EN#72 - ENS-76 VCF Option 3, Variable-Slope Filter Page #168 --- --- VCF-6: EN#90 - The High-Ripple VCF Page #169 --- --- VCF-7: EN#92 - Quasi-Digital Bi-N-Tic Filter (Jan Hall) Page #170 --- --- VCF-8: EN#97 - Dual SSM-2040 Filter Page #171 --- Timbre Modulators Page #173 --- --- TM-1: EN#72 - Timbre Modulator - Option 1 Page #175 --- --- TM-2: EN#84 - An Odd-Harmonic To Even-Harmonic Timbre Modulator Page #179 --- --- TM-3: EN#72 - Double-Pulse Waveform Shaper (Ian Fritz) Page #181 --- Envelope Generators Page #183 --- --- EN#66 - The ENS-76 Home-Built Synthesizer System - Part 2 Page #184 --- --- --- EG-1 Page #187 --- --- --- EG-2 Page #190 --- --- EG-3: MEH-5e - Simple AD Envelope Generator Page #190 --- --- EG-4: EN#45 - ADSR Envelope Generator #1 Page #191 --- --- EG-5: EN#87 - 2050 External Connections Page #192 --- --- EG-6: EN#86 - Envelope-Transient Generator Page #193 --- --- EG-7: EN#92 - AD + AR Envelope Generator (Ian Fritz) Page #195 --- Balanced Modulators Page #196 --- --- BM-1: EN#63 - ENS-76 Balanced Modulator - Option 1 Page #197 --- --- BM-2: MEH-5f - Balanced Modulator Design Example Page #199 --- --- BM-3: EN#134 - Integrated Musical Electronics - Part 2: Balanced Modulator Page #201 --- --- BM-4: EN#113 - Switchable VCA/Balanced Modulator Circuit Based On The LM/XR 13600 Transconductance Amplifier (Ian Fritz) Page #207 --- Frequency Shifter Page #209 --- --- EN#83 - The ENS-76 Home-Built Synthesizer System - Part 9, Frequency Shifter Page #225 --- Sample And Hold Units Page #227 --- --- S&H-1: MEH-5g - Sample-And-Hold Design Example Page #228 --- --- S&H-2: EN#61 - Sample And Hold (With Additional Features) Page #229 --- Slewing Circuits Page #231 --- --- EN#42 - Slew Limiting Ideas (Paul Titchener, Terry Mikulic) Page #231 --- --- --- SC-1 Page #231 --- --- --- SC-2 Page #231 --- --- --- SC-3 Page #232 --- --- SC-4: EN#59 - Paul Titchener's Voltage-Controlled Slew Limiter Page #233 --- Noise Sources Page #235 --- --- EN#76 - The ENS-76 Home-Built Synthesizer System - Part 8, Random Sources Page #235 --- --- --- NS-1: ENS-76 Random Source - Option 1 Page #237 --- --- --- NS-2: ENS-76 Random Source - Option 2 Page #242 --- --- --- Further Options Page #249 --- --- NS-3: EN#30 - ENS-73 Noise Source (Dave Rossum) Page #249 --- --- NS-4: EN#64 - White Noise Generator Page #251 --- --- NS-5: AN-143 - Simple Noise Sources Page #253 --- Analog Delay Lines Page #255 --- --- ADL-1: EN#72 - Delay Module/Sub-Module Option 1 Page #256 --- --- ADL-2: EN#87 - Delay Line Setup Using MN3005 (Jan Hall) Page #257 --- --- ADL-3: AN-35 - Delay Line Setup Using The SAD-1024 Page #259 --- Animators Page #261 --- --- ANM-1: EN#87 - Full Circuit of Multi-Phase Waveform Animator Page #262 --- --- ANM-2: EN#102 - VC LFO's and Summers Page #265 Part Four: Appendices Page #267 --- A. EN#91 - But What Should I Start Building Right Now? Page #271 --- B. Aids On Obtaining Parts Page #275 --- C. Troubleshooting Page #275 --- --- 1 - AN-131 Page #277 --- --- 2 - AN-132 Page #279 --- --- 3 - AN-133 Page #281 --- --- 4 - AN-134 Page #283 --- D. Information On Special Purpose Electronic Music IC's Page #291 --- E. Useful References Page count: 292