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Re: [motm] Hundreds of new waveforms from VCO

2002-05-23 by Scott Juskiw

At 9:50 PM -0400 2002/05/22, elhardt@... wrote:
>  >>How'd you do dat?<<
>
>I was hoping somebody would guess.  Actually it's quite simple.  Just one
>VCO, one VCA and two cables.  Use one waveform for the audio input and
>another for modulation input.  It can even be the same waveform.  For example
>if you want a curved sawtooth, just modulate a sawtooth with itself.  The
>Bias knob is good for chopping waves down or adding flat parts.

A VCA, of course, those things are so useful. I can't wait to get more.

In a similar vein, you can "exponentiate" oscillator waveforms by 
feeding an output into it's own exponential input. A good example is 
to feed the triangle output back into FM2. Watch the shape of the 
triangle output on a scope as you twist the FM2 knob. Works well with 
saws and sines as well. Now imagine how much fun you can have if the 
signal driving the FM2 input goes through a VCA: more voltage 
controlled waveforms.

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