[A6] Oscillator frequency control oddity

Mike Peake peake at pacificnet.net
Fri Nov 22 22:33:51 PST 2002


At 10:33 PM -0500 11/22/02, David Evans wrote:
>   Try this.
>
>   Set both of the oscillators to 440Hz.  They'll merily be in tune.  Now
>turn the Big Knob on OSC 2 so that the OCT light indicator lights up.  Sure
>enough, the oscillators are nicely octaves apart.
>
>   How, turn OSC 2 a bunch flat using the CENTS knob.  It will be just under
>a semitone flat but, surprise!, the OCT light will still be lit!  Now turn
>the Big Knob so that the OCT light is lit again.  Hah!  You're still flat
>by about a semitone!
>
>   It seems that the OCT light is merely responding to the position of the Big
>Knob.  Is this the best behaviour?  I don't personally think so.

D'oh!

Easier,
-- 
Mike Peake, Your Psychic Friend

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