Kirk Von Seagull
Single Voiced (The Outputs)
This is the schematic of an analog synthesizer board. The Voltage Control Oscillator, Voltage Controlled Frequencies, Slew Limiter, Inverter, Low Frequency Oscillator Voltage Controlled Amplitude, and ADSR (attack decay sustain release) are all there. (thats the white boxes).
The beauty of analog synths are their adjustability and purity. You have complete control over the waveform from input to output, rather than cheating by selecting some god-forsaken preset that "sounds" like a violin, or a preset that mimics some other noise. And really, the noises you hear are 'pure' (not digitally sampled). The battle between digital and analog has leaned in favor of digital, sadly. To give you a better idea of what digital sampling does to a waveform, look here; cnx.org/content/m15655/latest/graphics1.png
I took some liberties in not labeling the units for aesthetic purposes. The sounds generated from this board are distant and strange, and I felt a background like this best reflected the nature of the sounds.
Single Voiced (The Outputs)
This is the schematic of an analog synthesizer board. The Voltage Control Oscillator, Voltage Controlled Frequencies, Slew Limiter, Inverter, Low Frequency Oscillator Voltage Controlled Amplitude, and ADSR (attack decay sustain release) are all there. (thats the white boxes).
The beauty of analog synths are their adjustability and purity. You have complete control over the waveform from input to output, rather than cheating by selecting some god-forsaken preset that "sounds" like a violin, or a preset that mimics some other noise. And really, the noises you hear are 'pure' (not digitally sampled). The battle between digital and analog has leaned in favor of digital, sadly. To give you a better idea of what digital sampling does to a waveform, look here; cnx.org/content/m15655/latest/graphics1.png
I took some liberties in not labeling the units for aesthetic purposes. The sounds generated from this board are distant and strange, and I felt a background like this best reflected the nature of the sounds.