[sdiy] How Many Oscillators?

[harrybissell]

Hi Michael (et al)

The oscillators are probably the most complex, critical modules in a
synth... and the
most expensive.  Two or three is a trade off of price vs performance
(two oscillators
are 'twice' as useful as one... after that diminishing returns come into
play)

If you have a large number of oscillators...plan on using a VERY stable
design... or having
some form of computerized "auto-tune" function to manage the tuning
problem

H^) harry

Michael Boracci wrote:

>  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