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A-113, System a - 100, Basic principles – Doepfer A-113 Subharmonic Oscillator User Manual

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A-113

Subharmonic Generator

System A - 100

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2. Basic principles

The Subharmonic Generator A-113 contains four ti-
mes the following elements (see fig. 1)

• digital frequency divider (rectangle outputs) with

2-digit display and up/down buttons for divisor adju-
stment

• rectangle/sawtooth converter (with single output)
• attenuator controlling the amount (i.e. the ampli-

tude) of the subharmonic in the mix output

The incoming signal (preferably the rectangle ouput of
a VCO) is fed into the four frequency dividers. The
frequencies of the rectangle signals generated by the
frequency dividers are determined by the current divi-
sors (1...24).

The rectangle outputs are converted to sawtooth wa-
veforms by means of the rectangle/sawtooth conver-
ters.

Fig. 1: Basic layout of the A-113