Fun with chips not made for this...

[Ripthorn]

A couple months ago I was just cruising through Tayda's special function IC's just for fun. I came across a frequency-to-voltage converter chip used for tachometers, speed governors, etc. "Well" though I, "What if I were to play with these for frequency dependent effects in a pedal?". I got a few in and decided that I would design one in to my Aeronometron pedal. The output for the converter is used to determine the speed of LFO modulation so that lower frequencies have a slower rate and higher frequencies a higher one. I also experimented with things like depth and such and there are tons of possibilities there. What other chips have you guys played with that aren't "meant" for this?

[EBK]

What other chips have you guys played with that aren't "meant" for this?

I used a LM3914 LED bar graph display driver chip as the main component of an audio multiplexer in my Creaky Floor design.

[phasetrans]

What other chips have you guys played with that aren't "meant" for this?

I used a LM3914 LED bar graph display driver chip as the main component of an audio multiplexer in my Creaky Floor design.

Have you tried a 3914 to engage a range of clipping elements, or filters? On my list of things to try.

[EBK]

Have you tried a 3914 to engage a range of clipping elements, or filters? On my list of things to try.

That does sound interesting.  I do have on my drawing board a plan to use one for a sample-and-hold/pseudo-bitcrusher type of thing.