[sdiy] saw vs ramp, audible?

Tom Wiltshire tom at electricdruid.net
Sun Dec 8 22:41:09 CET 2024


+1 What Richie said.

You can organise a situation in which the difference will be significant, but it involves doing something extra.

The raw waveforms on their own? No, you can't tell. This is easy to check by building an inverting buffer and then A/B testing between the input and output of the buffer.

> On 8 Dec 2024, at 21:15, Chris McDowell via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> 
> Falling saw vs a rising ramp, is the difference audible? What is the definitive answer? I have believed for years that the difference is not audible, that maximum disconinuity followed by minimum discontinuity is what a saw or ramp is, and inverted but otherwise identical waveforms sound identical. I came across a wealth of traffic online today arguing against that. I'm super skeptical. Folks' arguments were passionate but not complete in a way that could convince me. What is the real deal here? 
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris McDowell
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