why V/oct?

[Dan Higdon]

I think it that's part of it, but it also came from being able to drive 2 VCOs with the
same CV.  If you add a CV to one of them to offset the pitch from the other, they
will both maintain their "harmonic" relationship with each other as they are played,
not their "frequency" relationship.  So, you can tune 2 oscs to 5ths, and drive them
from the same keyboard, and they'll both stay tuned to 5ths at whatever note you play.

The same cannot be said for v/hz oscillators.

hdan

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From: 	Rob Hukin[SMTP:robh at epunix.susx.ac.uk]
Does anyone know where the V/oct standard came from and why it was chosen?
Does it have anything to do with resolution/noise performance as a function
of pitch and loudness (the same amount of noise on a VCO CV will cause as
much pitch variation at one note as another, say an octave higher -
ignoring freq. diff limen for the moment - similarly with loudness).

rob.