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DCO glitch files available

DCO glitch files available

2009-07-12 by Anu Kirk

I put a short MP3 in the MP3 section. Created using my PEK. 4 low C 16th notes followed by 7 high longer C notes. 

You can clearly hear the "clopping" during the first 4 high notes, followed by 3 high notes without it. Repeats a few times.

Also added some screenshots from Cubase in a ZIP file in the "Miscellaneous" section for those that want to see it.

Granted, not everyone is doing such big octave leaps, but the glitching is audible with even a 2-octave difference.

Re: [DSI Synths] DCO glitch files available

2009-07-12 by Bob S.

Thank you for that mp3 & screen capture...your demo had a nice rhythm to it, was going to make a song out of it.....
Putting that aside, the waveform photo tells the story. The glitch is from a DC offset being added (or not removed) from the waveform after the pitch shift up the octaves. If it is from an incorrectly summed or calibrated keyboard shift, it is possible the evolver's software can be corrected. However, the more likely case is that it is an artifact of the analog circuit that has not been offset by design and does not have a pot to tweak, it may be a permanent design "feature" that we have to live with and work around....
Bob
El Segundo, CA
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From: Anu Kirk
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Subject: [DSI Synths] DCO glitch files available

I put a short MP3 in the MP3 section. Created using my PEK. 4 low C 16th notes followed by 7 high longer C notes.

You can clearly hear the "clopping" during the first 4 high notes, followed by 3 high notes without it. Repeats a few times.

Also added some screenshots from Cubase in a ZIP file in the "Miscellaneous" section for those that want to see it.

Granted, not everyone is doing such big octave leaps, but the glitching is audible with even a 2-octave difference.

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