Lin detune,MS20 Core,Polysix/Trident

[The Old Crow]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Christian Hofmann wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:22:45 -0400 (EDT)
> The Old Crow <oldcrow at oldcrows.net> wrote:
>
>>  After a one hour warm-up, I was able to attain a 41-second beat period,
>> this period held more or less for each octave.
> 
> Call me ignorant - but what's the use of beat periods that long?
> Wouldn't that sound almost as boring as no beating at all, i.e. using
> two identical frequencies (just like adding two identical, gasp, samples)?

  This was more a test/examination of the immunity of VCO 1 and VCO2 to
soft-syncing/trace coupling than a musical application.  Korg took
meticulous care to lay out those VCOs in a manner that achieved this long
period not for the detune, but rather for preventing the soft-sync.

Crow

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