[sdiy] Timbral musings

[Ian Fritz]

Hi Paul --

Let's see if I follow what you are saying.  You mean that as a waveform is 
changed dynamically by a shaper that the harmonics change in amplitude but 
not in phase? I must admit  I never even thought about that.  Certainly, 
when you sweep a filter there are strong phase changes.  Maybe this is part 
of why filter sweeps are "stronger" than shaper sweeps.

   Ian

At 07:07 AM 2/17/2003, Paul Perry wrote:

>..wave shapers are often 'disappointing' because the
>harmonics produced have a constant phase relationship
>(exactly what a real-world instrument DOESN'T have).
>I'm not knocking wave shapers, they are a terrific tool,
>but running a static program source into them is not
>terribly useful... they rally shine for LFO modification, though!
>
>paul perry Melbourne Australia