MOTM

Hello
Anyone tried the tuning feature of the 650?
I read in the synthesizers.com faq that if you need more than about  
36 tones per octave,
the tuning will be off due to the nature of analog oscillator  
tracking, and that you should use a digital synthesizer..
Is this the case with MOTM too?

The statement about 36 tones per octave requiring digital makes no sense.
Nearly all digital synths track to 1-2 cent accuracy, and MOTM VCOs can
match them over the most useful musical range.

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex
> Pi
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:48 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] MOTM-650 and microtuning
> 
> Hello
> Anyone tried the tuning feature of the 650?
> I read in the synthesizers.com faq that if you need more than about
> 36 tones per octave,
> the tuning will be off due to the nature of analog oscillator
> tracking, and that you should use a digital synthesizer..
> Is this the case with MOTM too?
> 
>

> Anyone tried the tuning feature of the 650?
> I read in the synthesizers.com faq that if you need more than about
> 36 tones per octave,
> the tuning will be off due to the nature of analog oscillator
> tracking, and that you should use a digital synthesizer..
> Is this the case with MOTM too?

The short answer is no.

The longer answer is there are a possible 514 steps per octave in a 1V/Oct 
scale, and I believe the laser trimmed DAC Paul used had less than a half 
a bit of precision error.

-->Neil

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C. Neil Bradley                KE7IXP		           Beaverton, Oregon