[sdiy] Oscillator sync schemes

Cynthia Webster cynthia.webster at gte.net
Mon Aug 17 21:36:38 CEST 2009


Cynthia Webster wrote:
> Core Lock is something I am not ready to discuss because it is part of 
> a product that we are working on, (it is a new concept and not a one 
> patchcord solution)
>
> Time Reversal flips the direction of the waveform and there is nothing 
> at all "soft" about doing that, wildly fluctuating voltages here give 
> the Zeroscillator a vocal quality as if it is talking.
>
> Triangle Core Dual Sync where it syncs twice as often at both the top 
> and the bottom instead of only once per cycles as with most sawtooth 
> cores.
>
> Reset forces the Oscillator to Reset to the same position of the 
> waveform on demand.
>
> Variable or Voltage Controlled Reset simply gives you control of where 
> along the length of the waveform you would like that reset to happen
>
> Variable sync can be as simple as putting a 1K pot between your signal 
> and the hard sync input to vary the amount of tear, and there are 
> other methods.
>
>
> Dave Manley wrote:
>> Hi Cynthia,
>>
>> Can you please explain each of these?  Otherwise it is more undefined 
>> buzzwords.  It might lead to an interesting discussion.
>>
>> 1. Variable Sync
>> 2. Reset Sync
>> 3. Variable Reset
>> 4. Tri-core Dual sync
>> 5. Time Reversal
>> 6. Core Lock
>>
>> Maybe then someone will update the wiki entry.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>> Cynthia Webster wrote:
>>> The article in WikiPedia is Not Correct saying that there are only 
>>> two types of sync,
>>> as there is also Variable Sync, Reset, and Variable Reset, there is 
>>> also
>>> Triangle core Dual sync where it syncs twice as often at both the 
>>> top and the bottom,
>>> there is also Time Reversal, and there is Core Lock.  Who the hell 
>>> writes these things?
>>>
>>> The Dotcom Oscillators offer Variable Sync
>>> The Zeroscillator features Variable Dual Sync with Time Reversal.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cynthia
>>>
>>> http://www.cyndustries.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Zacherl. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 2009, at 3:16 PM, cheater cheater wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>> I was wondering what different kinds of oscillator sync schemes there
>>>>> are. There's of course hard sync. Are there multiple ways of doing
>>>>> this? This is a cursory question - I've never heard of anything other
>>>>> than 'reset the slave when the master resets'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then there's soft sync - it's quite undescribed. What are different
>>>>> ways of doing 'soft sync'?
>>>>>
>>>>> What are other ways of doing synchronization between two (or more) 
>>>>> oscillators?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IMHO not the last conclusion on this topic but also a start:  
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillator_sync
>>>>
>>>>    Michael.
>>>>
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