Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Good points. Thanks.

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Tony Scharf <tony@m...> wrote:
> 1.  try turning on Osc Sync.  Thats the only way I know to keep 
the two 
> analog osc's in phase with eachother.
> 
> 2.  use just one oscilator and pan it center. You shouldnt need 
two osc. 
> to simulate an 808 kick, as they were only single oscilators that 
were used.
> 
> Analog oscilators drift in phase - thats just their nature, and 
part of 
> their desired character when creating synth sounds.  This is not 
so good 
> when your creating drum sounds, however, which need to have more 
static 
> phase relationships.
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> bebotalk said  on 7/15/2005 9:06 AM:
> > hello!  this is my first post here...
> > 
> > so an annoying problem has popped up a few times with my desktop 
> > evolver:
> > 
> > When I've tried to create 808-style kick drums and deep dub-
style 
> > bass patches using the two analog oscillators tuned to the same 
> > pitch (and with the amp output in "mono" rather than "stereo" 
mode), 
> > I get a slow sweeping phase cancellation that causes the volume 
of 
> > the sound to fluctuate in a roughly sine-wave-like pattern.  So 
as I 
> > keep triggering the sound over the course of say 30 seconds it 
will 
> > go through maybe one cycle of quiet and weak to full and deep.  
This 
> > is annoying because I want to create some deep, low speaker-
rattling 
> > kind of sounds.  And I know it's phase cancellation because it 
> > doesn't happen if I disconnect either output from my mixer.  And 
> > this is happening on sounds with no detuning, mod, filter split, 
or 
> > anything else I can think of that would cause phasing.  I guess 
the 
> > problem could be in my mixing board or monitor setup, but i've 
never 
> > noticed it with other low-pitched sources.  It seems that the 
> > problem is occuring in the summing of the left and right signal 
> > paths of the evolver.
> > 
> > Any ideas or solution?
> > 
> > Thanks!
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