[music-dsp] Osciallator harmonics

Scott T. Kent scottkent at oildesigns.net
Wed Apr 24 22:44:00 EDT 2002


I wounder how it sounds in harmony with, modulated with, or filtered with
some of the other waves.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Harris" <S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
To: "Music DSP list" <music-dsp at shoko.calarts.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: [music-dsp] Osciallator harmonics


> Hi all,
>
> A question for you, if a square wave is
> sin(x) + sin(3x)/3 + sin(5x)/5 ...
>
> and a saw is
> sin(x) + sin(2x)/2 + sin(3x)/3 ...
>
> and a triangle is
> sin(x) + sin(3x)/9 + sin(5x)/25 ...
>
> what is the obvious missing wave in the set:
> sin(x) + sin(2x)/4 + sin(3x)/9 ...
>
> It looks like a cross between a saw and a sin, but I haven't listened to
> it to see what it sounds like, I'm guessing it doesn't sound that
> different from one of the others.
>
> - Steve
>
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