[sdiy] Q: oscillator bank

[john mahoney]

Ouch! It hurts when the answer is so *obvious*. ;-) But thanks!

I think I now understand what Scott wrote. You don't sum CVs together
as with expo VCOs, but rather you multiply or divide them by
something.
--
john


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Stone" <sasami at hotkey.net.au>
To: "john mahoney" <jmahoney at gate.net>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Q: oscillator bank


>
> >I'm glad that you asked, because I don't understand how octave
> >switching and relative tuning work with linear oscs.
>
> To go up an octave, you need to double the frequency.
> With a linear oscillator, frequency is proportional to voltage,
> so to double the frequency, you double the voltage.
>
> The same (frequency is proportional to voltage) applies in the
opposite
> direction. To go down an octave, half the voltage.
>
> Ken
>