Bit the bullet tonight.
$460 in mint ![]()
104z on it’s way
I will let you guys know more on the CV being delayed once I play with it some.
Bit the bullet tonight.
$460 in mint ![]()
104z on it’s way
I will let you guys know more on the CV being delayed once I play with it some.
GREAT DEAL!
Yea. That is why I watch ebay like a Hawk for months when i want expensive stuff.
in case anyone cares.. (since I am done buying I don’t mind more people knowing
) This midweek ebay run has seen some of the lowest prices on used but good condition foogers I have seen in a really long time. Might be worth watching for the next week or 2 before the prices jump up again.
Sadly, this came in the email from Moog tech support. It was as i feared. Darn caps getting in the way of DC ![]()
"Hi Matt,
Unfortunately the MF-104 series (104, 104sd, 104z) all have DC-blocking capacitors on the input. I don’t recommend using them for CV signals through the audio path.
Cheers,
Amos Gaynes
"
I know it is possible to short out the DC blocking caps in some cases, but I am not about to do it on my 104. (I talked to some people before that shorted them out on old 8 tracks, and used the DC voltage to control light shows) Theoretically it is possible to do it on a sound card before the A-D converter. Some day I will try that on a cheap sound card to record Control voltage… unless some company wants to come out with a sound card that can record and play back DC voltage *hint hint hint *
good to know.
I should talk to my guy before i pump any more volts through my delay…
I dont’ think you need to worry about damage… unless your CV source is blowing it out of the water.
The wost it will do, (if it has no DC caps) is distort half of the signal.
what i mean by that is.. the place for most gain is when the mid line is at zero volts… if your delay operated at ±5 volts, you normally have 10 volts (5+, 5-) of head space. however if the base line is raised to +4 lets say… you have 9 volts of headroom on the - side, but only 1 on the + side… which will distort the signal faster… This will act like my clipper module on my .com, where you can clip either + only or - only.
ok i think i gotcha. since i had to boost the cv signal for anything to happen it should be fine, there was no distortion. im still very much an electrical newbie