The Destiny v2’s oscillators
The Destiny v2 features two fully loaded oscillators; you can control the pitch of each, from the oscillator
panel shown above.
Both oscillators have course and fine sliders for pitch control, under the heading ‘frequency’.
There is no master tune control on the Destiny v2, but its very quick to dial up desired pitch using the four
sliders in the oscillator sections - the Destiny’s sliders have a long ‘travel’.
OSCILLATOR SYNCHRONIZATION (2)
TUNING - Oscillator frequency (1)
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Normally, the two oscillators are free running (simulated); they operate independently. This means
that when you press a key multiple times, the resulting sound may not be exactly the same each time,
because the oscillators will interact with each other differently each time.
However, when Oscillator Sync is turned on, the 2nd oscillator will be forced to reset to the
start of its wave-cycle, every time the 1st oscillator naturally works round to the start of its
cycle.
If your new to synthesis and this sounds complex - don’t worry. Simply try it out - you will
recognise the kind of sounds sync’ing can produce since they appear everywhere in
popular recorded music.
The important charactoristic of sync’ing is that changing the 2nd oscillators pitch will
6 Programming -Oscillators
When playing a guitar, the sound produced originates from the
strings. In the case of a synthesizer, the basic
sound comes from a section called the ’oscillator’. Just as a
guitar can have twelve strings instead of six, so a
synthesizer may feature two oscillators instead of one. This is
the case with the Manx Destiny v2.
Having two oscillators instead of one can give you a fatter
sound, especially if the two oscillators are set two be
slightly out of tune.
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