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Jens M. C.

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Programming a 5V clock impulse
« on: December 09, 2009, 04:50:40 PM »

Hi There! I've found a cool video on youtube where a person trigs a Boss DR by a sampled clock signal. At first i fought that such a thing would be impossible, as a clock signal is not a sound, but an amount of voltage. But ever the less some guy made it possible. HOW?!

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Re: Programming a 5V clock impulse
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 07:19:27 PM »

You can sometimes trigger analogue clock inputs with a loud enough and short enough click sound, it certainly works with SH101's sometimes.. You could easily build a clock trigger waveform with some kind of audio editor. Amplify it enough and it'll trigger an analogue clock.

Or build a audio click to 5v trigger circuit if you wanted it to be more reliable.
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Re: Programming a 5V clock impulse
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 08:58:28 PM »

The clock pulse is just a slow squarewave.  The clock input is probably edge-triggered anyway.
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Re: Programming a 5V clock impulse
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2009, 02:33:31 PM »

try using Goldwave's expression evaluator - it has a handy sq wave generator - u can specify speed etc... (it's nice for making beepy noises anyway :))
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Re: Programming a 5V clock impulse
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2010, 10:00:25 PM »

there's MOTU's Volta nowadays..  software that will turn supported soundcards into CV drivers.
http://bleep.fdiskc.com/2009/01/15/motu-volta-analog-integration-plug-in/

nice idea, bit pricey maybe.
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