[Fpga-synth] Oscillator Sync to gate

[lamarche]

Digital synths have a tendency to sound "too perfect" and syncing the  
osces to the key triggers adds some of that (usually) undesirable  
perfection, helping every C4 sound *even more* like every other C4 you  
play. But there patches on a modular where this reduction of  
uniformity between notes becomes exagerated, say when the timbre/ 
harmonic contents becomes very dependent on the phase between two osces.

Alcofribas.


On Apr 15, 2009, at 11:48 PM, Eric Brombaugh wrote:

> 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
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