[sdiy] Theremin tone/waveform' question

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Monday 28 July 2008 11:20, Paul Perry wrote:
> I asked something like this before, but with no replies - maybe I was not
> specific enough..
>
> When I listen to a traditional RF heterodyne theremin, I think that the
> waveform - and hence tone - varies as one moves through the audio band.
> And I expect that some or all of this is because of 'pulling' between the
> oscillators - that is to say, if one were to examine the waveform of the
> output, you would see some distortion as the frequency changes.

I suspect that it's going to be seriously influenced by the nonlinear 
frequency response of the amplifier stages used to process it,  as well.

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