I don't have enough filters yet to get that steep slope, but I've always
intended on trying that to simulate a Frequency Shifter. Carlos credited her
Bode FS as being the source of her "Christmassy Sound," a shimmering
non-harmonic detuning when mixed with the original signal.
Using an old PC as an additive oscillator probably makes sense.... Hell, you
could probably use a MIDI/CV converter to send/receive MIDI continuous
controller messages to control the partials. It's frustrating, though...
wish it could just me a nice, black, 3u module.
I've wondered if the Moog "Oscillator Driver" type of thing is a good idea,
or was it just created as a compromise for the time.
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OK, I was thinking of Ken's ideas (below), and would like to add a couple of
my own. But first, I think you've got an interesting idea about single side
band shifting, have you tried taking a RM out and running it into about
three
or more 420s (or other VCFs)? I'd be interested in what you find. That steep
filter slope is what you'd need, but everyone hates it.
The other idea I had (and have had for a long time) is quite digital, but
has
a certain similarity to Ken's second, additive, idea. We could use all those
stale old computers that are accumulating in everyone's garage as VC digital
oscillators. I imagine using the monitor to display harmonic amplitude of
say
the first 16 partials. One could specify the relationship between the
harmonics (yeah Ken, you'd have to use a keyboard/mouse). I think such a
system would be quite useful for some of the things that Ken mentions, and I
think the display would (as Ken intimated earlier) be much more intuitive
than the typical display/draw the waveform type.