SynthAnthony Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) I found a MAX525 for less than half of the usual price, but the just one (BCPP+ version). My question was - would it be enough to make a 4-channel AOUT, or does it only work with 2? Can the 2 dacs be different versions? The ucapps page says you need 2... While we at it - is AOUT still worth building, or is AOUT_NG the way to go? Yes, I do want the best precision for VCOs - but does AOUT really outperform NG in real world? Edited November 13, 2013 by SynthAnthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I see no reason while this should not work. Maybe someone can confirm this though. My Aout is burried under pcbs in my synth so i can´t just pull a chip. I have not yet tried the AOUT_NG. I assume it is good enough. The VCOs we want to controll are propably the limiting factor when it comes to tuning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynthAnthony Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I see no reason while this should not work. Maybe someone can confirm this though. My Aout is burried under pcbs in my synth so i can´t just pull a chip. I have not yet tried the AOUT_NG. I assume it is good enough. The VCOs we want to controll are propably the limiting factor when it comes to tuning... Yes, I bet VCOs would be less stable than a 12bit DAC (I'm building YUsynth VCOs btw). Makes it hard to decide... I do want the best, but don't want to pay extra for an overkill either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antix Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Considering the price of a commercial MIDI to CV I would pay for the second DAC :wink: . Anyway I think it will work with one MAX too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynthAnthony Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Considering the price of a commercial MIDI to CV I would pay for the second DAC :wink: . Anyway I think it will work with one MAX too Yes, the prices for comparable commercial products are just insane. Anyway, I bought the DAC - worst case scenario I'll just buy an other one for 30 euro. :ahappy: I'll need 8 CVs for my modular anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLightX Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 TK has confirmed in the past that the MAX AOUT module will work with 1 DAC. A revised module is in development that would give the option to choose between 2 DACs for 1 Core or 1 DAC per Core for 2 Cores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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