Can''t answer this, as I packed up the 116 today and sent it back
to Enport (US distributor) for the 126 which I took delivery of also
today and so far I'm quite pleased with.


--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "stinchcombe_t" <tstinchcombe@q...>
wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> I don't have an A116, but if it is anything like the A-136 then this
> sounds terribly like the ghost of '150 bleed-thru revisited',
> discussed at length some weeks back. My guess would be

that if the 116

> *is* like the 136 and has the capability of amplifying the input
> signal greatly, then the signal into the 150 may be more than

+/- 8V,

> which we know it is very unhappy with! If you have a scope and

can

> check out the size of the signal you are passing into the 150

(do it

> *without* the connecion to the 150 being made, as otherwise

the diodes

> in it will make it seem like about +/- 8.7 V, whereas in fact it

could

> be higher) then I would be most interested to hear if this is the

case

> or not. I still don't appreciate why the FET circuitry in the 4053
> chip behaves as it does under such conditions, but I shall

continue to

> seek an answer - today I printed yet another 4053 datasheet,

unlike

> the others I have this one shows the exact configuration of
> transistors in the switch, so I may yet be able to work it out!
>
> Tim
>
> [The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and

do not

> represent the views, policy or understanding of any other

person or

> official body.]
>
>
> > Connect a sine into the A-116. VC the shift with a ramp LFO.
> > Listen to it. You will hear a tiny bit of waveshape modulation,
> > nothing to go bats over.
> >
> > Take the output of the A-116 and route it into the INACTIVE I/0
> > jack of the VC switch (the one in which the LED is OFF). do

not

> > connect a VC into the switch, let it stay in that state. Listen to

the

> > output of the VC switch.
> >
> > You will hear an incredible amplification of the waveshaping
> > effect now. I have no idea why this is happening. If there is

no

> > VC into the switch in order to connect the output (wiper) to the
> > normally open contact (the I/0 without the LED on), then you
> > shouldn't hear a damn thing....but you do. I tried it on both the
> > upper and lower VC swtch, worked like a charm.
> >
> > try it,m you might like it.
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Peter Grenader