232

Frequency Detector

Buchla · 1 slot · Buchla, 7 inches

Panel · 108 × 177.8 mm

Description

Buchla's 232 Frequency Detector, an original 200 series module from Buchla & Associates (discontinued): it follows a signal's pitch and loudness and turns them into voltages and pulses.

Key features

  • An INPUT with its SENSITIVITY ADJUST knob, from zero to max
  • Envelope and threshold detectors, a frequency detector with its sample & hold, a phase locked VCO, a signal leveler and a tracking filter
  • Outputs: pulse, voltage, locked osc., fundamental and const. amplitude, two of each
  • A TRANSFER GATE, its in and its two outputs, opened by the envelope detector