<div dir="ltr">Strictly speaking as a tone-deaf engineer, a ramp and a saw will have the same harmonic content and therefore sound the same. However if you take one oscillator making a ramp, and a different oscillator making a saw, they could sound different because they are different oscillators and could have different harmonic content. <div><br></div><div>Other minor differences could occur downstream as components such as capacitors could react differently to a ramp and saw. Perhaps that is what people are hearing when they hear a difference. </div><div><br></div><div>Now if you really want to talk about differences, which is better? A saw core VCO, or a tri-core VCO that makes a saw (or ramp) from the triangle?</div><div><br></div><div>--Timster</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 4:18 PM Chris McDowell via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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? <br>
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Cheers,<br>
Chris McDowell<br>
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