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Noise Oscillator Build Document. V.5d  - 9v - English

The Noise! Synthesizer is a CMOS IC based instrument.
The synth has 4 squarewave oscillators that modulate each other and go throught a clock divider.
After that, the separate divider outputs are mixed and shaped together.
Then the signal is routed through a pseudo ringmod.

Start with the Resistors:

The one

 

10R

 resistor has the color code: 'brown-black-black'.

It is used at the power input as a fuse.
Bend the legs of the resistor 90 degrees and place the 

10R

 resistor at the 

R1

 location on the PCB.

Solder the resistor and cut off the legs with a sidecutter.

The three 

1K

 resistors have the color code: 'brown-black-red'.

These parts act as output protectors.
Place the resistors at 

R2, R3 

and

 R4

Solder and cut the legs.

R5 to R8

 are four 1M resistors.

R9

 can be skipped, It is a voltage divider with R3, to reduce the volume of OUT2

Starve a modification option.
Look at the end of this document for more info!

Connect the two holes of 

Starve

 together to bypass this option.

Use a snipped-off leg of a resistor. Bend the leg in a U shape and solder.

If you skip this step, the module will receive no power!!

Diodes:

There are four zener diodes. These make sure that the CV input voltage cannot be higher than 9.1 volt.

Summary of Contents for Noise

Page 1: ...location on the PCB Solder the resistor and cut off the legs with a sidecutter The three 1K resistors have the color code brown black red These parts act as output protectors Place the resistors at R2 R3 and R4 Solder and cut the legs R5 to R8 are four 1M resistors R9 can be skipped It is a voltage divider with R3 to reduce the volume of OUT2 Starve a modification option Look at the end of this do...

Page 2: ...uld click to the PCB Place the 14 pin IC sockets in IC1 and IC3 and use the same method as before to solder it in Solder all remaining legs Capacitors There are a lot of capacitors in the kit They determine the frequency range of the oscillators stabilise the power and outputs We start with the four small light yellow capacitors C1 C2 C5 en C6 are 100nF 1K63 C3 680pF you can also use a 100pF C4 22...

Page 3: ...he heart of the noise synthesizer The CD4093 makes the four oscillators the CD4040 divides the pitch of the oscillators The CD4070 is a pseudo ringmodulator and gives OUTPUT2 a metalic character CD4040 has 16 legs CD4070 and CD4093 have 14 legs Bend the legs so that they are 90 degrees downward use your fingers or a flat surface to bend them all at once Take care that the half moon gap corresponds...

Page 4: ...s Patch a few pincables from the X1_noisebay to the Y2_patchbay Now you will have noise coming out of OUT2 The Y2 patchbay goes to the CD4070 pseudo ringmod IC The noise has a different character Patch some wires to Y1 as well Y1 goes to OUT3 Listen to OUTPUT3 The Y1 patchbay goes directly to the OUT3 by patching to this output you can make noise pitch changes and also route it as a random modulat...

Page 5: ...tage This has an interesting effect on the audio Z1 bypassed output This extra output comes directly from the 4 oscillators bypassing the rest You can connect this output to the Y1_Patchbay but only if nothing else is plugged in Use OUTPUT3 to hear the results else no audio will come through Patchbay Panel To make the patchbay accessable you can make a patchbay panel Use the pincables or any other...

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