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wrote:
> When you have osc sync, which osc is heard, the slave or the
master?
> Does the unheard osc affect the pitch of the audible osc? When you
> set the pitch for the sync osc is that the audible osc?
> Sometimes I get stuff way out of tune, sometimes I get cool
sounding
> stuff.
> Jimmy
>
> With osc (hard) sync, the slave osc wave is constantly reset so
that it starts its wave cycle at the same phase point as master osc
wave. As a result, slave osc wave becomes more complex than
normal,adding harmonics to the sound. Changing pitch of master osc
changes pitch of overall sound. Changing pitch of slave osc changes
timbre of overall sound by altering harmonics; for example, using
filter envelope to mod slave osc pitch to get that Cars "aoww" sound.
I'm not sure what goes on with soft sync (Ion has both hard and soft
sync,and choice of sync to osc 2 or 2+3.) Sometimes soft sync sounds
like it generates harmonics an octave lower, but I'm just guessing.
Between sync and FM,(and ringmod) you can get some pretty wild
sounds...