in an attempt to expand on the Hohner - gotta fill that lid - i tried a 4011 pseudo ring modulator (scroll down on linked page) as found in the Korg MS-20, apparently.
started out combining one of the 4 octaves with the MCO, since it seems to work best with straight square waves.
didn't do much for me - more or less the same effect as combining the MCO with the sequencer the way it was already hooked up.
tried different combinations, and gave up on the idea in the end.
as it's not too much of an expansion (if any) on what's already there, it would be a waste of space. and i like mine better, so there.
so, next plan is a subharmonic generator - like a small part of the Mixture Trautonium.
i've already got 4 octaves now, meaning F, F/2, F/4 and F/8.
i'd like to try the subharmonics in between those even divider numbers: F/3, F/5, (F/6), F/7. maybe F/9 and F/10. lower than that is just gonna land me with clicks speeding up or down, and i don't really find those interesting - reminds me of cheap casio keyboards whose effects speed up or down with pitch.
have a 4017 on the breadboard for the first test to come (soon, i hope).
seems the easiest way, although i'll never have access to all subharmonics at once with just one chip, and that's only half the fun.
hmm, maybe running a subharmonic through that ring mod would be better..
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edit: Ken Stone, Hero Eternal.
http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/pic/schem_cgs36_pulse_divider.gif
might want to add that /9 and /10, but that should be ez shizzle!
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