MATRIXSYNTH: MITS Audio Sweep Generator


Saturday, April 26, 2008

MITS Audio Sweep Generator

via this auction
"This is a working vintage tone generator which can be used for testing oscilloscopes or for producing cool vintage synth sounding effects. It is marked "MITS Audio Sweep Generator". It big dials on the front, some switches and screw terminals for connecting to whatever you want.

From left to right the dials are: "SWEEP RATE (10MS to 1 SEC)", "FREQUENCY (1 to 10)", "FREQ. RANGE (switch between 10, 100, 1K, 10K, 100K)", "WAVEFORM (switch between sine, triangle, square)", "AMPLITUDE (0 - 5)" and "ATTENUATOR (switch between 0DB, 20DB, 40DB)".

Along the bottom row, left to right: on/off switch; power indicator lamp; SWP terminal; SYNC SWP and WAVE terminals; OUTPUT DIR, GND and ATTEN terminals; SWEEP mode switch (SWP or CW); SWEEP reset buttonl SWEEP RATE switch (x1 FAST, x100 SLOW).

Condition wise the front panel looks awesome. It has a brushed chrome panel. The top cover is powder coated black and has a few chips and flaws. There's a silver label on the back with serial number "E11063", Mits logo and the text "Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems Inc."

Dimensions of unit: 13" x 7" x 4"

1 comment:

  1. Vintage sine waves sound so much better than the cheap thin-sounding sinewaves we get from today's equipment...

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