Oscillator Shapes

[SirSnas]

Just a random question, is it possible to know how an oscillator sounds like just by looking at its waveform?

A lot of Sytrus presets have weird oscillator wave shapes and I was wondering if their creators knew exactly how they would sound like as they shaped them.

[clint]

I say yes if you've studied them a lot. I use c...

[levendis]

It may be possible to look at an exotic wavefor...

[m@RV]

Designers usually don't create waveforms by dra...

[shadowpsyc]

You can recognize some shapes but it's also pos...

[SirSnas]

Thanks! One question though, how did you know ...

[SirSnas]

And how did you know that was a second harmonic...

[SirSnas]

The second harmonic is twice the pitch, so ther...

[levendis]

SirSnas wrote:Thanks! My pleasure, SirSnas Si...

[highkoo]

The simpler the wave, the more accurate an expe...

[highkoo]

TranceCrafter wrote:yes, but it requires a deep...