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

[Jay]

Voyager waveforms:

http://synthbaron.com/voyagerwaveforms.aiff

These are pre-filter, by the way.

Dave Manley wrote:
> That seems to conflict with this:
> 
> "Even the highly curved slope of the Minimoog's ramp waveform is 
> duplicated in the Voyager."
> 
> Full text: http://www.midiwall.com/gear/voyager/review.html
> 
> -Dave
> 
> 
> cheater cheater wrote:
>> Linear.
>> But magical.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 22:31, Dave Manley <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:
>>> David G. Dixon wrote:
>>>
>>>> Waveforms derived from relaxation oscillators definitely do not fit the
>>>> bill, and therefore should not be called "sawtooth", any more than some
>>>> random "rounded" waveform should be called "sine".
>>> I think there's some 'prior art' that may conflict with your definition.
>>> Didn't the original Moog modular oscillators and first gen minimoogs 
>>> use a
>>> unijunction transistor in the oscillator core?  I think a buffered 
>>> version
>>> of that is the sawtooth.
>>>
>>> What does the saw look like on those old Moogs?
>>>
>>> -Dave
> 
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