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Re: Recalibrated ZO results

2006-03-01 by Mike Marsh

Ah, that explains it!  I tried your test and did not get any
clangorous stuff out of the regular outputs so I was puzzled.  My ZO
tracks well as a 'regular' oscillator as well as an FM osc, though I
haven't measured anything.

Mike

--- In The_Cyndustries_List@yahoogroups.com, "John Loffink"
<jloffink@...> wrote:
>
> Under further examination the beats and clangorous tones are heard
only from
> the morph outputs, at morph settings over 1.5 or so.  It is probably
some
> function of the squaring of the output.  I hear no beating from the sine
> wave output, or when morph is less than 1 and sine/trianglish in shape.
> 
> Also, just to be clear, I feel the ZO is a great addition to my modular
> setup.  I'm quite happy with the purchase and the new sonic territory
> enabled with the module.  I guarantee you'll hear sounds you've
never heard
> before from your modular.
> 
> John Loffink
> The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
> http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
> The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
> http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The_Cyndustries_List@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:The_Cyndustries_List@yahoogroups.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:43 PM
> 
> 
> The error (Hertz) difference shows what would be the beat frequency.
 This
> is what might cause beats and clangorous tones.  Worst case beat
frequency
> is about 2 Hertz, which shouldn't cause the artifacts with indexed
FM that I
> described in previous posts.  Mark is working with me offline to
understand
> other causes for this.
>

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