[sdiy] Thoughts on VCO's

[John Mahoney]

>1. What wave forms do you seem to use most often?

I use all the standards and wouldn't want to do without any of them. Having said that, I think the SEM only had sawtooth and pulse, and people love it; importantly, you could mix those waves in any proportion.


>2. What sort of tracking do you like? Precise over a wide range? A little
>less precise (does this give a more "old school" sound)?

Precise. Imprecision can be added.


>5. Do little imperfections in a wave form make it unsuitable for some
>applications? EG: a bit of overshoot or ringing on a square wave?

Accurate shapes are better for modulation, IMHO. For audio use, imperfect waves may be better.


>6. Is it better sonically to have a bank of VCO's that are all the same
>design or is it more versatile to have 6 different VCOs?

Interesting question. I'd go with 3 pairs of identical oscs, in the above scenario.

My devalued two cents,
John