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AW: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Theremin oscillator

2006-11-17 by hardware@doepfer.de

> There are many different Theremins nowadays... Some of them might 
> actually produce sine wave. However, the musically more useful 
> (including the original Theremin) instruments don't. The reason for 
> this is explained here:
> 
> http://www.paia.com/ProdArticles/thereton.htm
> "As coupling increases, the two [high frequency] oscillators try to 
> pull one another to a common frequency resulting in distortion that 
> produces an output rich in harmonics at integral multiples of the 
> difference frequency. The waveform may be saw-like or pulse-like 
> depending on phase of harmonics..."

A very interesting article with a lot of information I did not know.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

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