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From: jthornto@fs1.ee.ubc.ca (THORNTON JOHAN A)
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Subject: Re: Need  circuit to drop music an octave
Keywords: music
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Date: 21 Jul 90 04:42:11 GMT
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In article <1990Jul20.223615.4305@portia.Stanford.EDU> ceg@nova.stanford.edu (Chris Gronbeck) writes:
>
>I'm looking for suggestions as to the best way to design a circuit to
>drop music
>one or more octaves.  A typlical application being making an electric guitar
>perform like a bass.  Any hints would be useful.  Thanks.
>

The basic octavo circuit is:
  - send the signal into a clipper    __|~~
  - feed output into a divide by two flip-flop
  - wave-shape the output (filter...)

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