ICL8083?

[Arn C.]

ICL8038 Precision Waveform Generator/Voltage Controlled Oscillator


Are there any musical projects that use these IC's?

Thanks!
Arn C.

[The Tone God]

Voodoo Vibe I believe.

Andrew

[Arn C.]

That has a 8038  .   I will have to download the data sheet on this one and compare them.
Thanks!
Arn C.

[Taylor]

A few years ago I was designing a ring modulator that used it. In theory I think you could make a very small RM with very extensive capabilities using that chip. I think it was the XR8038 I was looking at actually, but I believe it's about the same.

I tried to get a free sample and made the mistake of putting my real phone number in the form. For weeks, I was getting calls from Exar looking to "tour my facility" and discuss how many thousands of products I would be producing per year. My girlfriend picked up the phone and was quick enough to pretend to work for the "company" - we had them going for a while, but when the guy was making flight arrangements to tour the factory, I had to come clean. I was really, really broke and those chips were like $5 if I remember correctly. Still not worth it.


What's cool about that chip is that all the waveshaping is internal, and it even has vibrato and FM built in, I think. You could make a wonderful tiny monosynth out of that chip.

[The Tone God]

Just be careful because I seem to remember that the XR8038 and ICL8038 had different voltage limitations. Check that datasheets to be sure.

Andrew

[Mark Hammer]

http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/birthofasynth/id32.html