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<DIV><SPAN class=158425812-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Michael</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=158425812-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My two
cents... In terms pf practicality I would suggest 3 per voice for a really fat
sound. Since you will have (I assume) several voices you will be able to play
chords with the separate voices but each voice will be awesome. I also suggest
that you allow each oscillator to have its own volume control so that when you
want to get a thin sound you can do that by turning up one oscillator per
voice.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=158425812-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Have
fun</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=158425812-26092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ray</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=158425812-26092003></SPAN><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=158425812-26092003> </SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Michael Boracci
[mailto:mboracci@nfpcomputer.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 26, 2003
6:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B> synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sdiy] How
Many Oscillators?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=714413212-26092003>Dear
Friends,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=714413212-26092003>
I am planning a modular synthesizer and drawing some functional diagrams. In
the process I am trying to determine how many oscillators would be practical.
I have seen common synthesizers with two and three oscillators each with a few
different choices of waveform. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=714413212-26092003>In terms of
practicality versus sound shaping properties is it unrealistic to design
around six or even eight oscillators per voice?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=714413212-26092003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=714413212-26092003>I would appreciate
any feedback in terms of existing synthesizers out there that I might use
as a reference.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=714413212-26092003>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=714413212-26092003>Michael</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>