Cross Mod

[Rob]

All cross modding really is is plugging the output of one oscillator into
the CV of the other..
Well, FM type.. Theres AM, too...and ring.. Ive never seen ring cross mod
though.. that might be cool..

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Costello <costello at seanet.com>
To: Paul Maddox <space_banana at hotmail.com>
Cc: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Cross Mod


>Paul Maddox wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>   Im interested in finding out how Croos mod is employed in synths and
what
>> it infact is..
>>
>>   Roland synths had it, as did some moog stuff...
>
>I don't think it is as complicated as it sounds. Just one VCO FMing
another. In non-modular Rolands
>and Moogs, this was exponential, and in one direction only (i.e. VCO1 could
FM VCO2, but not vice
>versa). The Octave Cat is a synth that has true cross mod, where VCO1 can
FM VCO2 while VCO2 FMs
>VCO1. Impossible to use for a pitched scale, but some truly great noises
can be generated this way.
>
>Sean Costello
>