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Subject: Re: Oscillators (was-->Re: [AN1x-list] Re: Hello)

From: Bruce Wahler <bruce@...>
Date: 2001-10-04

At 09:13 P 10/4/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi there again Scott,
>
>"...Am I wrong in saying that the AN1X cannot do Sine or Triangle
>Oscillators? Sure there must be a way."
>
>
>- No dedicated Triangle but you may be able to extract a similar sound from
>one of the mix/inner/pulse settings.

The Edge control can also give triangle-like sounds, when used with a 50%
pulse wave. From a technical point of view, a triangle and a square wave
are similar, but the triangle has less high frequency content:

Square = f1 + 1/3 ∗ f3 + 1/5 ∗ f5 + 1/7 ∗ f7 + ...

Triangle = f1 + 1/9 ∗ f3 + 1/25 ∗ f5 + 1/49 ∗ f7 + ...

Turning the Edge to 0 makes a sine wave; turning it to 20-50 makes a
triangle-like wave.

Regards,

-BW

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