[sdiy] Harmonics Question

Mattias Rickardsson mr at analogue.org
Fri Nov 4 10:56:29 CET 2011


On 3 November 2011 20:43, Harry Bissell <harrybissell at wowway.com> wrote:
> I also tried a circuit (long ago) that was said to generate only even harmonic distortion in varying
> amounts. It was by far the worst sound I have ever heard...

Only even harmonics? That's like hearing a triangle or square an
octave up... which means, only odd-harmonic distortion of the octaved
tone. Should be horrible, I guess! :-)
A mix of even and odd is probably almost always nicest.

/mr



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