Elektron Musical Instruments

Hello,

I am trying to create a sync-sound. But there is a peculiar thing about
it:
-Oscillator 1 and 3 is off.
-Oscillator 2 is on, and LFO 1 is pitch modulating it with a slow ramp.
-When Sync is turned off, this results (ofcourse) in a slow pitch raise.
-When I turn on Sync for Osc 2, so it is synced to osc1, the classic
sync sound appears.

However, no matter what note I press, the same pitch is output!

Then I turn ON Osc 1, and I can now play the synced sound up and down
the keyboard. It gives me almost the same sounding result, except I can
hear Osc 1 aswell on top of the sync Sound . Should it really be like
this? I would really like to hear only the synced waveform by itself.

I suppose I can set Osc 1 attack/decay time to 0 and sustain level  to 0
so it will be silent. But then there is nothing (only silence) to sync
with?

I thought that when turning off Osc 1, you are only turning off the
OUTPUT of this oscillator.
It is still available for syncing and ringmodulating.

I am not a synth programming wizard (yet). What am I doing wrong / have
I misunderstood?


Thanks for any insight,
Gisle

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Gisle Martens Meyer wrote:

> Then I turn ON Osc 1, and I can now play the synced sound up and down
> the keyboard. It gives me almost the same sounding result, except I can
> hear Osc 1 aswell on top of the sync Sound . Should it really be like
> this? I would really like to hear only the synced waveform by itself.

In v1.0 only oscillators that are active are updated. So you need to
activate it for it to have any effect. You don't want it to sound? Well,
set the waveform to none!

In the 1.1 update all oscillators are always updated, just muted when they
are not activated. That way the tables are always kept in sync.

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__///Daniel Hansson           |   SidStation - MOS6581 Synthesis
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Thanks for answering Daniel.

> activate it for it to have any effect. You don't want it to sound?
Well,
> set the waveform to none!

But then Osc 2 won't have anything to sync with?
Won't it need a waveform? 

> In the 1.1 update all oscillators are always updated, just muted when
they
> are not activated. That way the tables are always kept in sync.

Great! I think I have 1.0, how do I get 1.1? 
Couldn't see it at the website.

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Gisle Martens Meyer wrote:

> > activate it for it to have any effect. You don't want it to sound?
> Well,
> > set the waveform to none!
> 
> But then Osc 2 won't have anything to sync with?
> Won't it need a waveform? 

No it just syncs to the frequency afaik! It is the waveform of the
oscillator that you sets the ringmod/sync on that matters.

> > In the 1.1 update all oscillators are always updated, just muted when
> they
> > are not activated. That way the tables are always kept in sync.
> 
> Great! I think I have 1.0, how do I get 1.1? 
> Couldn't see it at the website.

No, it's not released yet! :) We're betatesting it right now...

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__///Daniel Hansson           |   SidStation - MOS6581 Synthesis
\XX/ daniel@...   |         www.sidstation.com