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Since acquiring the DDA D Series desk
I have decided to break the older AHB desk into spares for other System 8 users.
I am also taking the opportunity to dig deeper into the circuits to see what can
really be achieved, with lots of bench testing.
One idea is to put together a smaller 4-channel desk to use as a test bed for circuit
ideas.
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I took the opportunity to acquire a classic
DDA D Series desk
in need of a full ground-up restoration.
Smooth Moves
Following the recent move from the previous service provider over to
Mythic Beasts
I have also taken the opportunity to explore the generation of equations
using
MathJax. Only a couple of pages so far have
been rejigged (here
and
here),
but I think the results look much better and more consistent.
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Or...What ABCD matrices are and why they are useful in circuit analysis.
This page guides the reader through what at first looks like tricky maths, but
with the help of readily available computer tools makes analysing complex passive
circuits quite easy.
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Ring modulators have been around for a long time, first developed for telephone systems,
and now used extensively in radio telecomms, and since the 1950s also in electronic music.
I've written
up some of the history of the ring modulator since my efforts at correcting the wikipedia
page seem to upset the electronic music crowd.
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Linear oscillators are readily available. But how well do they work in
musical applications? This page looks at linearity as a measure of
how well they can play notes on an exponential musical scale.
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Noise in electronic circuits is usually not wanted. I put this page together
while I was designing some low noise analogue circuits and needed a quick reference
on resistor thermal noise and how it relates to op-amps.
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Electronics engineers can get a bit particular about test equipment. I've added a page with some of my thoughts on the matter.