can you use a VCA or Mixer as And/Or gate?

If all your inputs are initially constrained to binary (0V = False, 10V = True), then it is possible to create all possible logic gates using nothing more than combinations of VCV MIX, VCV VCA, and constant CV of 10V (and/or -10V) from VCV 8VERT. All outputs can be constrained to 0V / 10V.

  • NOT
  • OR
  • NOR
  • AND
  • NAND
  • XOR
  • XNOR

I posted those constructs at VCV Fundamental Constructs: Logic Gates

In more generic terms, the minimum set of requirements to create all the gates are a collection of

  • Summing Mixers
  • VCAs
  • Inverters
  • a single 10V constant CV source

If you have analog inputs, then you can easily convert them to binary using Comparators. I’ve got VCV Fundamental Comparators as well.

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