well i dont always tune them a 5th apart, but at the moment thats what 'm working with as part of my system.AK wrote:steevio, dont mean to hijack the thread but you said something which made me curious. You said you tuned your oscillators a fifth apart. Could you elaborate on that as i wasnt sure in what context you meant.
simple really, if my first VCO is tuned to C (33Hz) then my next VCO will be tuned to a perfect 5th G (49Hz) then the next D (73Hz) etc etc. upwards. (actually in reality my bass VCO will be tuned an octave + 5th below the others)
but this is just to space them out so that theres plenty of spread through the spectrum, and no doubled up frequencies.
again this is just a starting point, as each VCO is being sent a huge variety of voltages (notes) from the various combinations of sequences, they will rarely be banging out those root frequencies, but they will maintain distance between each other.
but as i said earlier, i also can easily apply offsets, which are voltages that add intervals to the root of the VCO, (like add a minor3rd, or 4th etc)
( this is like putting a capo on a guitar )
i suppose if you imagine each VCO is an instrument, (or part of an instrument) in a band or orchestra, you dont want them all playing around the same frequency range, each one has got its own space.
thats all it is really, i chose the perfect 5th interval, because its mathematically pure, so when i apply these different scales etc. there's always a relationship tying everything together, not matter how weird it gets, and its a good amount of interval space, but not enough to make big holes on the spectrum, and lose density.
i hope that makes sense bro.
