Re: MOTM-300 reveiled WHHHHOOOOO...
1999-02-25 by Dave Bradley
Gur said: > 1)sync i/o is that meen i can allso output a sync signal frome > this jack ? Typically, when using strong sync this jack would be an input, and would be connected to another oscillator's waveform output jacks. But when using weak sync, you would set 2 or more oscillators to weak, and connect them all together using this jack (and mults if necessary), so it then becomes an input/output jack. For those not familiar with the difference in behavior between hard and weak sync, here is an explanation: Hard sync is the sound you heard a lot in the 70's and 80's, it gives a distinctive growly sound when you sweep the pitch of an oscillator that has been hard synced. Almost became a cliche, like the swept resonant filter sound. What happens is that when the waveform of the "syncing" oscillator resets, it forces the waveform on the "synced" oscillator to reset also. Good for creating new harmonics in the waveform. Soft sync is seldom seen except in modular systems. It causes oscillators to lock into tune and phase as their pitches approach a mathematical ratio. You can get perfect suboctaves with no beats, etc. If you sweep the pitch of an oscillator that is soft synced, it tries to jump to the nearest pitch - not quite quantizing, but a cool effect. Dave Bradley Principal Software Engineer Engineering Animation, Inc. daveb@...