Frequency mode, Tipt p – Tiptop Z3000 Smzrt VCO User Manual
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Frequency Mode.
FrequencyModeistheZ3000’sfirstmodeandisthe
modethatthemodulestartsinwhenpowered.Itworks
bycountingthewavecyclesgeneratedbytheVCOfor
onesecondandthenshowstheresultsonthedisplay
witharesolutionof1Hz.Thedisplayrangesfrom1Hz
upto9999Hz.Whenfrequenciespassabovethe
maximumrangeof9999Hzthedisplayshutsoff,this
isnormal.Similarly,whenfrequenciespassbelowthe
lowerlimitof1HzthedisplayblinksthewordLFO
(LowFrequencyOscillator).
ThedisplayoftheZ3000isfullysynchronizedwiththe
VCOfrequencyandblinksaccordinglyatlow
frequencies.Eachtimethedisplaycomeson,it
indicatesthestartofanewwave.Thisisespecially
usefulatlowfrequencieswhentheVCOisusedasa
clockgeneratororLFO.
LFO 1Hz 9999Hz Display Off
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
LOW
HIGH
SYNC
HSM
1V/Oct
1V/Oct
Linear FM
INPUT
PWM
FM 1
LOW
HIGH
Hz
Oct
FM 2
INPUT
CV IN
INPUT
CV IN
CV OUT
INPUT
INPUT
+
+
+
+
EXT IN
FREQUENCY/NOTE/OCTAVE
Tiptp
A u d i o
Z 3 0 0 0
Z 3 0 0 0
Smart VC-Oscillator
FREQUENCY
FINE TUNE
PULSE WIDTH
PWM
FM
MIN
MAX
MIN
MAX
LOW
HIGH
SYNC
HSM
1V/Oct
1V/Oct
Linear FM
INPUT
PWM
FM 1
LOW
HIGH
Hz
Oct
FM 2
INPUT
CV IN
INPUT
CV IN
CV OUT
INPUT
INPUT
+
+
+
+
EXT IN
FREQUENCY/NOTE/OCTAVE
Tiptp
A u d i o
Z 3 0 0 0
Z 3 0 0 0
Smart VC-Oscillator
FREQUENCY
FINE TUNE
PULSE WIDTH
PWM
FM