[sdiy] How Many Oscillators?

[Peter Grenader]

Peachey, Dave wrote:

> Having said that, if you want to do some Yamaha-style 'FM' synthesis then
> you may want somewhat more than four oscillators :-)

It is a great idea and one I've screwed around with just for fun and where I
realized that cents and mV of amplitude make huge differences on the timbral
qualities and therefor, hard hard hard to do without digital accuracy.  You
would need an oscillator , super linear ADSR and VCA per operator, totaling
6 of each for the 32 algorithm configuration of Yamaha's early years. The
VCOs  would require scary-tight tracking and extraordinary sines.

Or...you could just plop down the $250 and buy a TX802.  Or less and get
Native Instrument's FM7, with 24 bit resolution, a host of digital effects
and incredible editing capabilities.