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A Programmer for Voltage Controlled Synthesizers

A voltage controlled synthesizer programmer is described. The programmer digitizes synthesizer knob settings, stores them in a digital memory, converts them back to analog voltages, and applies them to a group of sample/hold circuits. Oscillator pitch, filter frequency and modulation, vibrato rate and amount, and envelope generator parameters are stored in groups to allow numerous synthesizer "presets." Application to a voltage controlled polyphonic synthesizer is described.

Author: Oberheim, Thomas E.
Affiliation: Oberheim Electronics, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
AES Convention:55 (October 1976) Paper Number:1172 Import into BibTeX

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