[sdiy] Polyphonic tonal disorder!

[JH.]

Something like slightly different beat rates between VCO pairs, from voice 
to voice, are quite important for the "analogue-ness" of a polyphonic synth 
sound.
I'm convinced that the pattern generated by the usual voice assign 
alogrithms is picked up and recognizen by the unconcious, at least (and you 
can recognize it if you're closely listening for that effect).
On full-polyphonic synth like the Korg PS series, the situation is more like 
on acoustic and electromechanical instruments, where each key has a slightly 
individual sound - a very pleasant effect as well.
The more I think about the subject, the more I am convinced that subtle 
_patterns_ play as much as a part when a synth sound is recognized as 
"analogue", as random effects.

JH.