What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
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What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
So - if you were only allowed to use one oscillator waveform on your analog synth - which one would it be and why?
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Sawtooth - it has the most harmonics so it's the most useful waveform for subtractive synthesis.
Runner-up would be pulse, w/PWM.
Runner-up would be pulse, w/PWM.
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Sawtooth. You can't go wrong witn a sawtooth, again for the rich harmonic content. Deep basses, warm pads, brasses, strings, juicy leads and FX.
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Sawtooth is probably my favourite, but PWM is really useful too!
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
I say "sine wave". Gimme enough of them and I can make any sound! 

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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
yup... all very predictable so far.... for me PWM produces some very interesting sounds. There are many other basic waveforms too you know.... The Minimoog has some interesting ones....
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
erm now thats cheatingJinsai wrote:I say "sine wave". Gimme enough of them and I can make any sound!

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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Sawtooth-Triangular.


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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Darn you, I was going to say that.Automatic Gainsay wrote:Sawtooth-Triangular.

Sawtooth, richest waveform and has the most possibilities.
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Saw if I can clip it pre-filter. Otherwise PWM. This goes back to the Commodore 64 SID for me, way before I ever played an analog synth.
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
i already almost only use saw. except on a 303
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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Solderman wrote:Saw if I can clip it pre-filter. Otherwise PWM. This goes back to the Commodore 64 SID for me, way before I ever played an analog synth.


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Let me guess... your into dance music????pflosi wrote:i already almost only use saw. except on a 303

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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Automatic Gainsay wrote:Sawtooth-Triangular.
Good one AG

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Re: What is Your Favourite Analog OSC Waveform and Why?
Sawtooth has more harmonics but in a poorly featured non-modular such as the SH-101 it can get boring to have just the filter to change the tone. Rather static compared to PW, which lets you choose the shape of the waveform.
And it seems not all waveforms are generated equal. In my Rogue I think the pulse ones originate from clipped sines, and they´re like in figure B:

The text says (B) Deficient in Low Frequency, Phase Advance - so, either it´s a poor design or it´s on purpose. IMO in the case of the Rogue 'deficience in low frequency' means nothing per se, since the filter is overdriven by the raw waveform. In the end the high frequency harmonics are boosted, then trimmed by the low-pass filter while the low frequency content is relatively left intact...
And it seems not all waveforms are generated equal. In my Rogue I think the pulse ones originate from clipped sines, and they´re like in figure B:

The text says (B) Deficient in Low Frequency, Phase Advance - so, either it´s a poor design or it´s on purpose. IMO in the case of the Rogue 'deficience in low frequency' means nothing per se, since the filter is overdriven by the raw waveform. In the end the high frequency harmonics are boosted, then trimmed by the low-pass filter while the low frequency content is relatively left intact...
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