Re: [sdiy] How Many Oscillators?

[Roman]

2 VCOs can give lots of possibilities and charming sound.
One with wave multiplier, like we've sen here before
can be really good.
I use 4 VCOs and it's quite useable. Then I can make FM
noise, or good chaos patches out of them. Neat thing is
the ability to tune them all with one knob or CV.
I say 3-4 VCOs per voice is OK, especially when you think
about polyphony (you said VCOs per voice right?)
As a side note, my friend, and future customer I hope,
wants me to make 7 VCOs so he could make wild unisono
sounds with them.

Roman

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Od: Michael Boracci 
Do: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Data: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:51:38 -0400
Temat: [sdiy] How Many Oscillators?


Dear Friends,
    I am planning a modular synthesizer and drawing some functional diagrams. In the process I am trying to determine how many oscillators would be practical. I have seen common synthesizers with two and three oscillators each with a few different choices of waveform. 

In terms of practicality versus sound shaping properties is it unrealistic to design around six or even eight oscillators per voice?

I would appreciate any feedback in terms of existing synthesizers out there that I might use as a reference.

Thanks,
Michael