[Fpga-synth] Oscillator Sync to gate

[Eric Brombaugh]

Here's another little philosophical question:

If you've got a simple synth with a standard signal flow:

pitch cv -> osc -> vca -> out
                     ^
                     |
gate ----> adsr ----+

is there any advantage to syncing the osc to the gate such that you get 
the same initial phase on every strike of the note? It seems the typical 
configuration of a modular synth will not try to do this, choosing 
instead to let the oscillator run free. Perhaps commercial (digital) 
synths do this?

Advantages of sync would be to get identical waveforms every time you 
hit that note. Disadvantage would be that you get identical waveforms 
every time >grin<. I suppose it depends on how much variation you're 
looking for.

What's your preference?

Eric