For those of you who’ve built DIY stuffs…
Have you encountered modules in which an op-amp output is connected straight to the output jack – without the small resistor (usually 1k)?
I’ve found an occurrence of this in a commercial module and would like to see if it’s widespread or not.
I’m considering an improvement for new modules that could cause issues with modules with odd output stages like this (no protection resistor + no bandwidth control).
yes and thus it also limits bandwidth.
I’ve read that befaco recommend to remove the protection resistor for their slew module (there were complaints about tuning issues when using it for pitch CV).
What problem is to be expected on downstream modules?
The protection resistor limits the amount of current the op-amp can be asked to source/sink. This can prevent the op-amp from being destroyed if, by accident, two outputs are connected together.
There are two configurations for the output resistor: one that causes slight voltage drops and results in pitch inaccuracies (used for most of my modules which are unlikely to process pitch CVs), and a more sophisticated one that does not cause voltage drops (which I use in modules generating/processing pitch CVs like Yarns). The configuration that causes pitch inaccuracies has a slight positive side-effect, though: it allows passive summing of outputs.
Bypassing the protection resistor has two negative side effects:
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