Design your own waveform synths?

[Martin Czech]

> This may be a topic more appropriate for DH, but haven't
> there been some music machines built that allow you to
> design your own waveform right on a monitor screen?  I've
> often been interested in what the tonal properties would be
> like for a waveform, say, sine on the upramp, and square on
> the return to zero.  Or maybe an ascending sawtooth on the
> first 50% with a descending sine on the last half.  Since
> analogs are limited in this area, I've never been able to
> experiment to find out for myself.
> 
> Anyway, how come the idea isn't more popular with
> synthesists?  Is this something that would HAVE to be
> digitally controlled?  Couldn't an analog be built that
> could do it with precision voltage control?
> 

If you can get hold on a used MicroWave I this is easy to do
(need some sound editor, of course).
Don't expect too much, what looks interestinmg on the screen,
doesn't need to be in audio.

Done this, been there, is fun, but a single cycle waveform
is steady, no change.


m.c.