[sdiy] [synth-diy] numerically controlled superoscillator without hard sync

[rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk]

Tom Wiltshire wrote:

> ....A couple of recent experiments of my own:
> 
> http://www.electricdruid.net/digiosc.aiff
> http://www.electricdruid.net/vocalosc.aiff
> 
> The first is a multiple oscillator wavetable scheme - sort of PPG
> meets SuperSaw. The second is uses a set of five windowed sine waves
> to produce formants,,,

Very interesting.  What platform did you use to generate these examples? 
  Did you have some code running in realtime on a DSP chip, or did you 
generate the AIFF files "off-line" in MATLAB or something to test out 
your algorithms?  Are there any tricks you used to mitigate aliasing 
that you're prepared to share ;-)

The first sound file reminds me very much of a quirky and little known 
synth from Cheetah called the MS800 that I bought back in the 90's.  It 
was a tiny half-rack digital wavetable synth that was marketted as being 
a poor man's Wavestation.  It produced the strangest most bewitching, 
evolving and ethereal sounds, but it was a complete b****rd to program!  
  If you can nail those sounds I think you'ld be on to a winner, because 
you couldn't possible make more unfathomable UI than cheater did (>.<)

-Richie,