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	<div class="bold">Technical</div><br/>
	The PT-80 turned out to be perfect for someone with synth-diy background to modify; 
	The drummachine consist of analog hihats and snare, bassdrum and congas are squarewave outputs that have a pre-set amplitude
	decay routed trough a analog filter (?). Ouput for chords and melody consist of two audio outputs, VCAs and CV outputs to 
	control a pair of VCAs. Each sound except melody is routed via a resistor to one accompany mixing section which in turn is 
	controlled by the panel "Accomp. Volume" slider. The melody is mixed with the rest after this section and the whole mix is
	routed through the "Main Volume" slider. <br/>
	<br/>
	The top circuitboard seems to consist of decoders for the various keys, leds, keyboard and ROM-pack interface. The lower circuitboard
	contains the analog parts and the powersupply.
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	The cable inbetween the two circuitboards is pictured below.
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	<img alt="" src="pictures/connections_highlighted.jpg" class="center" />
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	My measurements yields the following (from left to right):
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	<table class="small">
		<tr><th>Pin</th><th>Data</th><th>Description</th></tr>
		<tr><td>1</td><td>+5.7V</td><td>Raw battery power?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>2</td><td>10mV</td><td>?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>3</td><td>0.8mV</td><td>GND?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>4</td><td>5.0V</td><td>Regulated power?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>5</td><td>5.0V</td><td>Voltage output routed via ON/OFF button</td></tr>
		<tr><td>6</td><td>?</td><td>Digital noise output?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>7</td><td>1.6mV</td><td>?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>8</td><td>Snaredrum</td><td>0.3mS trigger</td></tr>
		<tr><td>9</td><td>Hihat, cymbal</td><td>CHH trig 0.3mS, OHH trig 291mS HIGH -> equal length LOW?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>10</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>11</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>12</td><td>Bassdrum, conga</td><td>Square wave with amplitude modulation</td></tr>
		<tr><td>13</td><td>Chord VCA CV</td><td>Digital VCA CV envelope out for chords</td></tr>
		<tr><td>14</td><td>Chord audio</td><td>Chord audio squarewave output (amplitude controlled by VCA)</td></tr>
		<tr><td>15</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>16</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>17</td><td>Melody VCA CV</td><td>Digital VCA CV envelope out for melody</td></tr>
		<tr><td>18</td><td>Melody audio</td><td>Melody audio squarewave output (amplitude controlled by VCA):<br/>
			Flute - equal duty cycle<br/>
			Piano - HIGH signal being 1/3 of LOW, stops ~0.5 seconds after VCA fadeout<br/>
			Clarinet - PWM modulated<br/>
			Harpschicord - ? (don't remember, must look up again)<br/>
			Trumpet - HIGH signal being 1/10 of LOW<br/>
			Organ - Weird PWM modulation<br/>
			Celesta - Equal duty cycle, stops ~0.5 seconds after VCA fadeout<br/>
			Violin - LOW signal being 1/8 of HIGH
			</td></tr>
	</table>
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	On the analog board, each resistor to the mixing section(s) can be identified by the following markings:
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	<table class="small">
		<tr><th>Label</th><th>Description</th></tr>
		<tr><td>SD</td><td>Snaredrum "punch" filter output</td></tr>
		<tr><td>SDN</td><td>Snaredrum noise filter output</td></tr>
		<tr><td>CL</td><td>Congas filter output?</td></tr>
		<tr><td>BD</td><td>Bassdrum filter output</td></tr>
		<tr><td>CYN</td><td>Cymbal/Open Hihat filter output</td></tr>
		<tr><td>HH</td><td>Closed hihat filter output</td></tr>
		<tr><td>CHR</td><td>Chord VCA output</td></tr>
		<tr><td>MELO</td><td>Melody VCA output</td></tr>
	</table>
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	My reverse-engineering of the main circuitboard yields this *very preliminary* 
	<a href="pictures/original_schematic.gif">schematic</a>.
	
	
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	and wasn't "finished" until spring 2006.
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	The main idea behind the project was to do a small, battery powered, semi-modular analog synthesizer.
	Semi-modular in the way that all cruical connections are hardwired but that there are many options on the
	panel, allowing the user to redirect output from modules to different inputs.
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	<div class="bold">project status</div>
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	<div class="news">2006-04-07</div>
	- Midi output added!
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	<div class="news">2006-02-xx</div>
	- Everything is working fine, the keyboard is really crappy though and *will* need replacement in the
	near future (hopefully before I break it). Battery-support not yet installed.
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	<div class="bold" id="sounds">soundsamples:</div>
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	<a href="audio/ars2_megableep.mp3">Megableep</a> - slightly dissonant (as should be) megableepy tune, only
	non-ARS2 sounds used is a couple of drummachine samples.
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	<a href="audio/shtest.mp3">S&amp;H Test</a> - Testing the Quad S&amp;H, bassline on VCO1 and a lead on VCO2. 
	Instant VCF and VCA control over USB is also tested.
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