MOTM

OK, cool! Now, 2 other things:

1. Don't sawtooth waves sound more like strings than pulse? Any way to get
around that?
2. You have 8 voice polyphony generated by the processor, using an external
filter, so how do you do the enveloping/VCA for each note separately? Do you
have separate output jacks for each polyphonic 'voice'?

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Old Crow [mailto:oldcrow@...]
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:21 PM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] In a moment of clarity...
>
>
> From: The Old Crow <oldcrow@...>
>
>
> On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Dave Bradley wrote:
>
> > Tell me more! Top octave / divide down generated stuff? How do
> you solve the
> > problem of detuned oscillators, where the beating frequencies
> don't remain
> > constant across the audio range?
>
>   Octave divider(s), yes.  *But* ...programmed in uC code.  I can make
> coarse or fine changes in pitch by altering the period registers. Based on
> a MIDI or CV value, the "proper" detuning will be applied. A knob/CV can
> adjust the detuning away from a basic, and another knob/CV can specify the
> duty cycle. (typically 10% to 70%)
>
>   Someone is bound to ask, so I'll state it here.  It is possible to
> generate 8-voice polyphonic pulse waveforms on a fast uC.  In fact I
> programmed a 12-note "+octave 3" (A=440) divider on a uC that was ten
> times slower than the part I have in mind for this.
>
>   The tricker uC to program is the voltage-controlled pulse delay line to
> achieve a chorusing effect.  If the tone generating uC is savvy enough,
> this one is not needed.
>
>   There won't be any filters in the module I'm imagining.  Thats what the
> 4xx's are for.
>
>    --Crow
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