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Driving one Schmitt oscillator with another, through a diode, and using a switch as a trigger:
=== Parts ===
https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/40106_sync_osc.png?w=800&h=326
CD40106 Hex Schmitt. 6 oscillators on a single chip!


CD40106 Hex Schmitt architecture:
http://live.partlist.org/331/image/item/open/root/format=big
http://live.partlist.org/331/image/item/open/root/format=big


=== Variations ===
Driving one Schmitt oscillator with another, through a diode, and using a switch as a trigger:
https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/40106_sync_osc.png?w=800&h=326


=== Tips ===
=== Tips ===
==== Gentle Sounds ====
Most Lunetta syntesizers out there are raucous and chaotic. But sweet, gentle sounds are also possible.  
Most Lunetta syntesizers out there are raucous and chaotic. But sweet, gentle sounds are also possible.  


* Tap the inverter output to obtain a loud, buzzy, digital square wave.
* Tap the inverter output to obtain a loud, buzzy, digital square wave.
* Tap the inverter input to obtain a gentle, soft, analog triangular wave. That's the voltage presented by the capacitor as it charges/discharges.
* Tap the inverter input to obtain a gentle, soft, analog triangular wave. That's the voltage presented by the capacitor as it charges/discharges.
[[File:File:7414-oscillator-waveform-diagram.png]]


==General Lunetta Synthesis Links==
==General Lunetta Synthesis Links==

Revision as of 06:01, 19 May 2018

Intro

A page dedicated to Lunetta Synthesis, the art of repurposing and perverting digital logic semiconductor chips into sound-producing devices. The techniques of Lunetta Synthesis were pioneered by sculptor and percussionist Stanley Lunetta in the 1970's. In 2014, Noisebridge was honored to host a talk and demonstration by Stanley Lunetta himself.

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/NoiseHack

This page is a work-in-progress. Feel free to add more info and links, but please try to keep it organized.

General Tips

For visual fun, use LED's wherever a schematic calls for diodes.

Lunetta Oscillator

The Lunetta Oscillator is the heart of Lunetta Synthesis. It's an oscillator based on a Schmitt Inverter.

Parts

CD40106 Hex Schmitt. 6 oscillators on a single chip!

http://live.partlist.org/331/image/item/open/root/format=big


Variations

Driving one Schmitt oscillator with another, through a diode, and using a switch as a trigger:

https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/40106_sync_osc.png?w=800&h=326

Tips

Gentle Sounds

Most Lunetta syntesizers out there are raucous and chaotic. But sweet, gentle sounds are also possible.

  • Tap the inverter output to obtain a loud, buzzy, digital square wave.
  • Tap the inverter input to obtain a gentle, soft, analog triangular wave. That's the voltage presented by the capacitor as it charges/discharges.

File:File:7414-oscillator-waveform-diagram.png

https://strangenessandcharm.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/diy-weird-sound-synthesis-with-cmos/ http://electro-music.com/forum/forum-160.html

Johnyradio (talk) 12:49, 19 May 2018 (UTC)