Some of the older organs used 12 separate LC oscillators for the top octave, then simple dividers and filters for the lower octaves. FWIW You can easily turn a square wave into a triangle one, and with careful choice of resistors and back-to-back (germanium) diodes you get a reasonable ...

Kayvon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 12:37 pmI can't remember whether octaves were phase locked.

Thinking about it they must've been. n I guess phase locked between harmonics too? I haven't seen a deep dive into how that's all arranged. Perhaps I'll move the vintage synths that are leant up against my D-85 and do some investigating.

The YC was the pick of the Reface bunch for me, lots of fun :) Probably befits (rather outstrips) my level of organ playing. I always fancied picking up a Yamaha SK-20 after enjoying the PASS (Pulse Analog Synthesis System) engine that is used in some of the Electones like D-85. It's nice and soft ...

DX7 is a very strong contender, I agree, and it fits with so much of the keyboard work in other Sade tracks. I used a Juno 60 to play the specific part in a covers band back in the previous century... :tongue: :thumbup: You mean a millennium ago? I can talk I haven't played keys in public for over ...

That Sade track isn't a real organ. It's a synth — possibly a Roland Juno 6 (or 60 or 106 — they all sound the same).... Rare bit of trolling by you Hugh? (; Did you intend to trigger the synth pedants into replying?? The 6/60 & 106 sound similar but, well, nah I’ll leave it there :lol: So my first ...

I don't have my Wave up at the moment to check I'm explaining exactly right but the way to think of it is the Program is your 'sound'. And your sound consists of two slots which can be the same/edited differently or chosen from programs elsewhere. They're only called A or B and cannot be named ...

I'm gonna need a bit more explanation of what you're doing and what you're trying to achieve. To edit a slot you simply have to have it in focus. Tweak away and then you're editing that slot. If you want to choose a sound from another program for that slot you have to hold the relevant slot button ...

5. The macbook air just came out - if you want 100% silence machine this might be your best choice The M3 Air at least is not 100% silent, it suffers (or rather I suffer) from whine when using USB audio interfaces at 32 sample buffers. Not sure if it's USB polling whine or perhaps some other ...

Obvs it'll be dependent on viewing distance and size of screen so really I'd go on PPI vs outright pixel count. I came across this article on macOS PPI the other day which I found interesting https://bjango.com/articles/macexternaldisplays2/ It's a few years old now though so I'm not sure if it's ...

Simple one to say: I really appreciate the size, resolution and framing of the photos stored on the Sound On Sound website :) When I’m looking up gear, very often I’ll jump to a SOS image link to get a clear picture of the gear in question, even if I perhaps don’t intend to read the review. Seems to ...

I say USB polling but that was just one or two comments I'd previously read n just thinking about it now, I suppose such a noise shouldn't change in frequency with a change in sample buffers. It's one of those noises where if you turn your head you can't hear it. Just doing a cursory Google now n it ...

Just for completeness, I don't believe the M3 Macbook Air has any fans. I've certainly never heard anything from mine. I can't say categorically that your M3 MBA does have a fan but I reckon Apple would be singing it from the rooftops if it didn't. My M1 MBP definitely has a fan but I have never ...

Just for completeness, I don't believe the M3 Macbook Air has any fans. I've certainly never heard anything from mine. However, when I run it at 32 sample buffers with a couple of different USB audio interfaces I am able to hear a faint whine coming from in between the top of the keyboard and the ...

I've been meaning to try using some Hz/V keytracking for things like filter and oscillator mod depths, curious as to how natural it might sound. I have a Klavis Flexshaper which is much like Oberheim's Tracking Generators n so can approximate some logarithmic/exponential curves. I tried it once on ...

The other weird one was Korg's insistence on using Herz/volt for the keyboard to oscillator interface but octave/volt for the oscillator and filter modulation inputs, which meant that it was impossible to "play" the filters in tune from the keyboard or to get them to track the keyboard pitch in a ...

Personally I find these switchers rather baffling. I mean I think I understand the basic concept behind them but, musicians don't want to use mixers or MIDI channels any more?

What happens when you want to hear two instruments at the same time??

Baffling but each to their own I suppose.

To have a waveform usable over quite a few octaves you really need a wavetable with at least several band-limited waveforms, each tailored to suit a particular frequency range, so you avoid aliasing with high notes and dull bass notes because they lack the required upper harmonics. Have a read here ...

Also I came across this charger which is the only large name brand I've seen with a metal earth pin. https://www.belkin.com/uk/p/200w-4-port-usb-c-gan-charger/WCH015myWH.html Another solution might be a laptop charger from Dell / Samsung etc perhaps. Obvs might be no type of solution if like Sam ...

Well I'm truly going down the rabbit hole on isolation and impedance matching. Hadn't seen this article before but just thought I'd leave it here in the meantime: Noise interference on Move I've been drafting a couple of posts for the main recording forum on impedance matching / -10dBV to +4dBu / 3 ...

Ah well thank you, you've introduced me to a new concept - high and low resistance earths. I thought the wall socket just chucked it into the garden n that was that :headbang: Tbh I didn't know the plastic part of the connector was an earth either. There could be a couple of ways of skinning this ...

I have a natty 15" M3 MacBook Air and recently picked up an Ableton Move which is also pretty nifty. Been having fun getting into the latter mainly as a controller for Live. However on attempting to sample from the MBA's headphone out to the 3.5mm audio in on the Move it became apparent just how ...

Did you end up getting a particular one?

I've just been reading some positive reports of Startech USB hubs for audio related uses. Seems like they're proper IT Professional jobbies.

https://www.startech.com/en-gb/usb-hubs/usb-c-hubs

Facile but

Mic manufacturers hate this one simple trick!!

Scale model acoustics also may use v high sample rates. Making a scale model of a concert hall out of accurate materials is probably way easier and less time consuming than using some of the acoustics software I did during my masters :crazy: Thanks to doggedly making 3D models of acoustic spaces ...