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I'm trying to remade the behavior shown in this video :

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Minimal drone synthesizer. Three oscillators modulating each other, with the first tuned extremely low to add more interesting rhythmic drones.
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Minimal drone synthesizer. Three oscillators modulating each other, with the first tuned extremely low to add more interesting rhythmic drones.

So I use 3 square waves with the first one tuned between 1Hz and 100Hz and the other two between 20Hz and 20kHz.

I'm not sure to clearly understand the meaning of 

I multiply the 3 oscillators with *~, but is it the right way to do it ?

I can't replicate the effect he gets at 1'35 : the pulsing beat speed of the two oscillators increase when he increase the low oscillator frequency value. When I do that in my patch, the pulsing beat stay the same.

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Synth description : Minimal drone synthesizer. Three oscillators modulating each other, with the first tuned extremely low to add more interesting rhythmic drones.

So I use 3 square waves with the first one tuned between 1Hz and 100Hz and the other two between 20Hz and 20kHz.

I'm not sure to clearly understand the meaning of three oscillators modulating each other.

Hi!
I'm trying to remade the behavior shown in this video :
 

Synth description : Minimal drone synthesizer. Three oscillators modulating e

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"modulation" with sinewaves can mean anything. the most common and most basic methods are ring modulation, product modulation (A*B, where B is altered in amplitude and pitch), amplitude modulation, tremolo ( (A*((B+1)*0.5), where B is altered in amplitude and pitch), autopan, rotary (like amplitude modulation but with left of stereo channels reversed A*((B+1)*-0.5), and frequency modulation (adding offsets to the frequency, at the phase accumulator or at the frequency input of the cycle~ object.)

clever combinations of those can lead to all kind of useful effects such as flanger, chorus, roboter voices, leslie, or your own invention.

"modulation" with sinewaves can mean anything. the most common and most basic methods are ring modulation, product modulation (A*B, where B is altered in amplitude and pitch), amplitude modulation, tremolo ( (A*((B+1)*0.5), where B is altered in amplitude and pitch), autopan, rotary (like amplitude modulation but with left of stereo channels reversed A*((B+1)*-0.5), and frequency modulation (adding offsets to the frequency, at the phase accumulator or at the frequency input of the cycle~ object.)

clever combinations of those can lead to all kind of useful effects such as flanger, chorus, roboter voices, leslie, or your own invention.


In the video I share, what do you think he is using ?

Indeed, there's a lot of stuff to do.
In the video I share, what do you think he is using ?


hard to tell. the only thing i can say for sure that all three are always mixed to the sum in addition to affecting each other.

You mean that I need to connect the three signals to a +~ object to sum them ?

But for affecting each other, that mean also :

So I need to multiply each oscillator ouput with the ouput of the other two ?

I'm not sure I understand correctly.
You mean that I need to connect the three signals to a +~ object to sum them ?
But for affecting each other, that mean also :
A can affect B and C
B can affect A and C
C can affect A and B

So I need to multiply each oscillator ouput with the ouput of the other two ?
Like that ?

no i mean that what i hear there suggest that some of them also mixed to the output without beeing modulated.

you should just ask him, then we can help you building it in max. :)


no i mean that what i hear there suggest that some of them also mixed to the output without beeing modulated.

you should just ask him, then we can help you building it in max. :)


Yes, I will leave a comment on his video to ask :)

Ok, now I understand!
Yes, I will leave a comment on his video to ask :)
Thanks for your help.

Here's a simple setup with 2 oscillators and an LFO based on the Casper Electronics Drone Lab https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/21/dronelab-music/ There's no cross-modulation, but even without it there are plenty of interesting possibilities. I prefer to modulate only one oscillator's amplitude by the LFO.

Here's a simple setup with 2 oscillators and an LFO based on the Casper Electronics Drone Lab https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/09/21/dronelab-music/ There's no cross-modulation, but even without it there are plenty of interesting possibilities. I prefer to modulate only one oscillator's amplitude  by the LFO. 

Trying to remade a simple synth, BUT...