[sdiy] separate waveform outputs ?

[Jim Johnson]

You >absolutely< want separate outs! There are a multitude of things you
can do with multiple waveforms, rather than just mixing - though this is
certainly an option. For example, you could run a square wave to one or
more dividers for suboctaves, while using the sawtooth as well; use
separate filters on two different waveforms, and then mix, crossfade, or
ringmodulate them. Etc.

Jim Johnson 
Metaphoric Software
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On 3/7/01 at 4:05 PM Kenneth Martinez wrote:

>I'm working on a VCO and need some advice.  I started to build on/off
>switches for triangle, pulse, and sawtooth, mixed into a single VCO
>output, as that's what I'm used to from my experience with machines
>using preset signal paths (Prophets, Oberheims, etc).  Recently I've
>looked at pictures of modular VCOs and noticed that they have separate
>outputs for each waveform; is this something that's used a lot, and
>something you'd recommend that I include?  Is it common to process each
>waveform separately, or use VCAs to mix or crossfade between them; or
>would I probably not be limiting myself too much by continuing with my
>design having one combined VCO output?