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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: DaveB on January 02, 2004, 08:45:56 PM

Title: Mutron Octave Divider info
Post by: DaveB on January 02, 2004, 08:45:56 PM
For all those interested.....
 I was reading an article on www.beitec.com and he mentioned that the Octave divider was designed in part by George Merriman. He also mentioned that some part of it was patented by merriman as well.
After some searching, I found this:
 http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=04151775&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm%2526r%3D2%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPTXT%2526S1%3D'Merriman%3B%252BGeorge'%2526OS%3D%252522Merriman%3B%252BGeorge%252522%2526RS%3D%252522Merriman%3B%252BGeorge%252522&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=9BC69EE9D31D
 
Patent #4,151,775  "Electrical apparatus for determining the pitch or  
 fundamental frequency of a musical note".

There's no schematic but a block diagram and a VERY detailed writeup on the operation.
 
-David
Title: Mutron Octave Divider info
Post by: BillyJ on January 02, 2004, 09:48:23 PM
DRAT! Looks like I need some upgrade to see it... :cry:
Title: Mutron Octave Divider info
Post by: DaveB on January 04, 2004, 04:26:17 PM
I think its some sort of quicktime file. My comp opens up quicktime everytime it views it. Unfortunately, I cant find any way to save the file.
-Dave
Title: Mutron Octave Divider info
Post by: Zero the hero on January 05, 2004, 12:51:14 PM
They are tiff files.
I downloaded and converted in Jpeg.
PM me your mail if you want a copy...