12db/octave voltage controlled filter

This is a low current 9vdc powered LM13700 dual transconductance op-amp based filter very suitable for battery powered circuits. The design is based on an article by R. A. Penfold for maplin magazine but i have adapted the schematic to have manual filter cut-off and Resonance control. The filter self oscillates at high resonance settings (I. E the resistance of VR2 is low) and so can be used used as a basic Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). This is probably the best sounding simple 9vdc powered filter there is, the resonanace peak gives well emphasised cut-off frequency and can oscillates at low and high frequencies.

Quantity Part
1
Lm13700 op-amp
1
100k pot linear
1
47k pot linear
6
20k resistor
4
4k7 resistor
4
1k resistor
1
12k resistor
1
47k resistor
1
33k resistor
2
100uf electrolytic caps
2
1uf poly caps
2
1nf poly caps
1
SPDT toggle switch

The filter is designed for use with
LO-FI audio toys and so I have designed it to have a frequency range of about 25hz to 12Khz which i think is more useful than the full range of 20hz-20Khz.
To increase the frequency range higher use lower values for C3 and C4 like 470 - 320pf.

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