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On Dec 12, 2008, at 4:56 AM, roelelec wrote:

> Thanks for this explanation. It's really helpfull.
> I have tried Linear FM with the High end osc. from the Doepfer A100,
> but meaby I did something wrong, but I couldn't hear much difference
> between Exponential and Linear FM? That and I couldn't get excited
> about the results. I try this with your example again and when I have
> the Serge I can compare the two of them.
>

I don't have any experience with the Doepfer oscillators.

> So when I understand it correctly, the main goal of Linear FM is to
> change the timbre, which means that if you want to get new sounds,
> Linear FM can lead to other results dan Exponential FM. You also said
> it changes the pitch, but how much, you can actually hear the
> changing of the pitch?
>

At extremes, yes you can hear a pitch change, but there is a large
range of interesting timbres with no pitch change in a good linear FM
implementation.

> What's Max/MSP 5?
>

Max/MSP is a music programming environment from Cycling'74:
http://www.cycling74.com/products/max5


Chris Muir
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