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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