[sdiy] They aren't sawtooths, they're ramps

[René Schmitz]

cheater cheater schrieb:
> this expo saw could be possibly approximated by taking a linear ramp
> osc, offsetting it so that its signal ranges from 0 to 1 V, an then
> multiplying it by itself in a ring modulator. The saw will be x^2, but
> that's near enough.
> 
> If anything, I would say that the way this expo saw would distort
> would be different. The distortion would be brighter, I think.
> 
> Wonder how this expo saw could be done with today's oscillator designs.

Feed the sawtooth (or ramp?! :-)) output back into one of the FM inputs.

Cheers,
  René