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The MOTM-510 is a new kind of analog signal processing module. It’s not easy to describe what it does, but I’ll try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start with the well-known Ring Modulator (like the MOTM-190). A Ring Modulator is a multiplier: the output can be written as Out = X * Y, where X and Y are the 2 input signals (sometimes referred to as the modulator and the carrier). X and\/or Y can be audio or DC signals. The output is simply the voltage X times the voltage Y. This produces the sum of X and Y (X+Y) and the difference of X and Y (X-Y).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The traditional RM has no ‘control voltage’ inputs: you just feed 2 signals in, and get 1 signal out. The MOTM-510 takes this concept and generates entire new types of waveforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of the 2 RM inputs, the basic WaveWarper has 3: X, Y and Z. These are audio inputs. The transfer function is OUT = X * (Y\/Z)^m, where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • X is the GAIN<\/strong> signal. It controls the overall amplitude of the signal<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Y is the ‘main audio’ signal, the one that is getting ‘warped’<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Z is the DIVISOR<\/strong> signal. This is acts to modulate the amplitude of the main audio signal before<\/em> it gets warped<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • m is the Warp Factor. This is a fixed<\/strong> exponential factor, which is what is doing the ‘warping’. No, it’s not voltage controlled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • m varies (by the FACTOR control) from 0.2 to 0.6 (ROOT mode), 1 (UNITY, which makes it similar to a RM), to 2 to 5 (POWER mode)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • each input (X, Y and Z) has attenuators<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • the AUDIO OUT is AC-coupled and band-limited to 18Khz. The FULL OUT is DC-coupled and can go as high as 200Khz!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    But wait, there’s more! There are 3 DC-coupled inputs called OFFSET. These can be DC control voltages (LFOs, EGs, etc) that add to the audio signals. In this manner, the WaveWarper can respond to 6 different<\/strong><\/em> modulation sources simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The famous blue MOTM-510 PCB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Expensive AD538 Chip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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