[sdiy] Odp: Re: Waveform/source mixers in classic polysynths

[Roman Sowa]

I was talking about mixing waveforms of single VCO, as this is what I 
thought was original question.
And particularly having SH101 in mind.

Roman

W dniu 2017-10-06 o 10:08, Florian Anwander pisze:
> Hello Roman
> 
> Am 06.10.2017 um 07:01 schrieb Roman:
>> Since all signals in such mixer are strongly corelated, or let's dare 
>> to say this is one signal with differently shaped spectrum, there's no 
>> point in wide range of attenuation. Whatever you mix it still sounds 
>> like one oscillator
> If we talk about Toms example, the Prophet 5, then there is no mixing of 
> two waveforms of one oscillator, but a mixer for the two oscillators and 
> noise. The two wave forms of each oscillator are switched on and off.
> 
> So your argument is not valid.
> 
> 
> All in all I remember only a single polysynth with the oscillators 
> waveform mixing: the Yamaha CS polyseries, where the sine and the 
> puls/saw can be mixed at the VCA. At all other synths the waveforms are 
> switched. And I have to say: yes, it annoys me, that this mixing is not 
> log. Especially if I want to have mostly sine and add only a little bit 
> of saw/pulse, then the slide is too coarse for me on the low level side.
>