Andrew Sblendorio

This seems very basic of me to ask, but what exactly is the ring modulator in Poli doing? I'm trying to recreate the effect on some other synths (operator and oscillott) and am having trouble recreating the effect in the same way, and I'm realizing it's because I don't understand what's going on.

I understand it's adding a sine wave to the amplitude of the signal, but I guess I don't understand how it's mixing. I've tried doing regular fm modulation, lfo modulation of volume, and using the frequency shifter, and am basically only ever getting tremolo and vibrato effects. Even using the ring modulator in oscillott I'm not really getting a similar sound.

If there are any modular guys reading this, how can I patch this together in an environment like oscillott?

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In Poli, the Ringmod takes the Pulse wave and ring modulates it with a Sine Oscillator. If you in now modulate the pulsewith, of the Pulse, you get some interesting effects...

I attached two pictures of two RingMod examples in OSCiLLOT, they are identical in results.

In Poli, the Ringmod takes the Pulse wave and ring modulates it  with a Sine Oscillator. If you in now modulate the pulsewith, of the  Pulse, you get some interesting effects...

I attached two pictures of two RingMod examples in OSCiLLOT, they are identical in results.


What is the ring modulator doing in Poli?