[sdiy] Serge way or Buchla way!

[Aaron Lanterman]

> Should i run the wave folders in paralell as in
> Buchla or should i  run them serialized as in Serge?
>
> Wich one produces the most overtones?
>
> Or should i run them in pairs of two/three with different levels,
> they are feed with a comon VCO signal.

All of the above should give you something interesting. ;)

Remember the Serge and Buchla waveshaping cores are very different. The 
Serge is linear up to a certain point, and then folds back down, so you 
can cascade as many as you want. The Buchla is actually a parallel set of 
deadband circuits (which I finally understand thanks to the folks on the 
list). I gave a homework problem on it. ;)

Each circuit has the deadband point set differently, and they're added and 
subtracted alternately to produce a zigzaggy function.

Rene once posted a great idea of using a 4069 to try to do Buchla's 
trick.

I have a lecture on that online 
http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/ece4803 - I demo the Serge 
wavefolder live - although the circuit I analyze is Ken's, since Ken's is 
publically available. (I then show the students the crazy Buchla timbre 
circuit).

I love my job.

Oh! Oh! a happy happy thing - at the ECE picnic on Friday, I was given the 
2006 Best Junior Teacher award. This is given to a faculty person whose 
been there less than 10 year (there's a Best Senior Teacher award for 
people who have been there more than 10). Unlike other deparmental awards 
that are decided by faculty, this one was voted on by the graduating 
Seniors. The fact that it was orchestrated and decided on by the 
_students_ means the world to me.

- Aaron

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