[sdiy] SVF & phase

[Tom May]

Magnus Danielson <cfmd at swipnet.se> writes:

> > I'm wondering, what is "better" or "worse" regarding the phase
> > response of a synthesizer filter?
> 
> The actual goal should really be formulated as having a minimal impact on the
> sound, other than that modification you intended (amplitude modification).
> Weither phase changes or close to no phase changes are better or not (or even
> unrelated) is however something one has to discover, but it is not given as
> being assumed in the original question. This is the difficult thing, separating
> out the actual requested property and the underlying assumption that led to the
> formulation used in the question.

In a synthesizer, phase is an issue since phase changes will affect
the sound when the filter is modulated, as the changing phase detunes
the harmonics.

Tom.