[sdiy] Additive VCO

[elmacaco]

One of the big criticisms of the k5000 was the lack of harmonic pitch offset
IIRC.

I would go with independantly tunable sine and maybe other waveforms.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John L Marshall" <john.l.marshall at gte.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Additive VCO


> It might be useful to see how the Kawai K5m was put together before you
> design your own. It is one of few commercial additive synths ever made. I
> had one for awhile and I thought that it sounded pretty good. I believe
that
> the partials were phase locked but partials could be grouped with separate
> amplitude control.
>
> Another approach would be to derive sine paritals from a Walsh generator.
It
> would take a single oscillator, dividers, exclusive ors, opamps, and a bag
> full of precision resistors.
>
> Take care,
> John
>


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