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Subject: RE: [chromapolaris] Re: Unable to Disable Oscillator 1 Completely

From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...>
Date: 2013-05-01

> From: ktfiz
>
> Thank you. I played around with it some more and this is what
> I discovered...
>
> As I move the Pulse Width Slider towards "0" the saw or pulse
> wave starts to narrow (as it should) but then another saw or
> pulse starts to mix in and cycles between the pulse/saw wave
> and this new wave. So, at the center I only hear the pulse or
> saw wave but as I move the slider towards "0" or "100" it
> starts to alternate on/off with this new wave. At "0" you are
> left with just this other wave. It sounds like this other
> wave is an octave lower.
>
> What's weirder is the frequency of the oscillation between
> the two is controlled by the Sweep Rate slider and type
> (sine/square). This is with the scratch patch and is not
> affected by Sweep Depth. Again this is only occurs on Oscillator 1.
>
> It also seems to be intermittent as this morning it worked
> again but this evening it came back.
>
> Does that make sense? Does it still sound like a faulty slider?

Are these two waves that you sometimes hear concurrently independent of each
other in pitch?

And, no, it doesn't sound very much like a bad slider. Like I said, try
swapping ICs between channels.

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Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul mailto:pderocco@...