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Subject: Re: VCO comments and Sync stuff

From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...
Date: 1999-05-25

> What my soft sync would not do is sync two oscillators an
> octave or other interval apart. Seems like Dave B might have suggested
> that soft sync should do this. But, I might be dreaming.
>

Nope, that's what I said. I used to have a system that I built, using Emu's
encapsulated submodules. It contained 4 VCOs. The Emu oscillators have a
front panel jack for hard sync input, and a 3 position toggle switch for
soft sync - Sync 1, Off, Sync 2. The ribbon cables that carry power and
keyboard CVs and gates also carried the soft sync 1 and 2 busses. Any 2 or
more VCOs that had their switches set to the same sync position would lock
together with no beating. Octaves, fifths, tenths, basically any interval in
the overtone series would sync.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...