[sdiy] Silly vector synth question

[DTK]

I don't know if they are all like this, but based off my experience with the 
Wavestation this isnt quite true. As you move the stick north you do have a 
significant fading of the east and west oscillators... less so than the 
south, but still significant.

Its not so much about the proximity to center as it is the distance between 
the outlying point and the current stick position, if that makes sense.  If 
you think of it in terms of linear distance, when you move the stick to the 
far north position, you are (obviously) farther away from the south, but the 
distance to east and west also increases significantly as compared to the 
center position.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon JC Pearce" <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 4:16 PM
Subject: [sdiy] Silly vector synth question


> How does the control law for a vector synth joystick work?
>
> If I have the classic "diamond-shape" joystick with an oscillator at
> each point of the compass, then with the stick centred I should hear all
> four oscillators equally, right?
>
> So if I then move the stick north, south will fade out and north will
> become louder - but with the stick fully north won't I still hear a
> 50/50 mix of east and west?  Does that get "buried" by the increase in
> level of north?
>
> Gordon MM0YEQ
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