[sdiy] Tri-core oscillator sync

Mattias Rickardsson mr at analogue.org
Tue Dec 18 13:12:03 CET 2018


I'd rather define it like:

"Hard sync" syncs the slave every time,

"soft sync" syncs the slave sometimes, i.e., when it has completed enough
of its cycle.

Then the actual sync type in both these above sync methods can be either
"reset sync" or "reversing sync".

/mr


On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 06:45, Michael E Caloroso <mec.forumreader at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Hard sync" means that the charging core is prematurely reset by an
> external trigger.  It is intended to create a complex waveshape with
> altered harmonics.  By altering the frequency of the sync'd VCO above
> that of the master VCO, you sweep the harmonics.
>
> "Soft Sync" means the slave VCO is oscillating at the same frequency
> of the master VCO.
>
> MC
>
> On 12/17/18, Tim Ressel <timr at circuitabbey.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have made a triangle core oscillator that works really well except for
> > the sync. I implemented what I thought would be hard and soft sync but
> > the results were disappointing. As I understand it my "hard sync" is
> > known as "reversing sync" i.e. a rising edge causes the steering flip
> > flop to change state and thus the wave reverses. My "soft sync" changes
> > the upper set point on the window comparator.
> >
> > I would like the soft sync to sound like the Doepfer A-110-2 oscillator
> > soft sync if possible.  Thoughts?
> >
> > --
> > --Tim Ressel
> > Circuit Abbey
> > timr at circuitabbey.com
> >
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