[sdiy] modular synth

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Saw was a bad example.  Particularly so, I think.  I'm
pretty happy if a VCO stays tuned over a wide range.
I think what I really meant was that I don't spend alot
of time making a perfect waveform per se.  If it sounds
good, I use.

jhaible at t-online.de (jh.) wrote:
>
>> This is precisely why I don't jump on the "precise sawtooth"
>> or whatever waveform bandwagon, at least for VCO waveforms.
>> One winds up "distorting" them with waveshapers, filters,
>> and what have you anyway.  I have always thought that it's an
>> instrument's imperfections that make it sound unique and
>> interesting.
>
>Yes. But still, if you want to form a triangle (and sine) from a saw
>wave, that saw must be pretty perfect in terms of reset time and
>amplitude over frequency. Aberrations from the saw may be
>interesting (CS-80 !), but the derived triangle wave might be
>so different from the standard then that you're simply missing
>that type of low-harmonic-contents-wave in your VCO.
>
>JH. (who still has to figure out how the CS-80 makes that
>       nice sine from that "interesting" saw (;->) )
>
>
>

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