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Balance
The BALANCE circuit provides variation in the blend of the FUNDamental
frequency of the OSCILLATOR Core and the harmonic OVeRToNes that are
generated by the OVERTONE and MULTIPLY circuits. Follow the gold wire
out of the MULTIPLY circuit past the CONTOUR circuit all the way to the
right side of the BALANCE circuit, which is marked OVRTN. Notice
another gold wire indicating a normalization of the OSCILLATOR Triangle
waveform to the left side of the BALANCE circuit via the BALANCE Ext. IN.
The left half of the BALANCE parameter is marked FUND (
Figure 45
).
FUND is short for FUNDamental. This is the Fundamental frequency or
pitch of the OSCILLATOR Core. The Triangle waveform represents it well,
since it has few audible harmonics. OVRTN is short for OVeRToNe. This is
the OSCILLATOR Core as processed by the OVERTONE and MULTIPLY
circuits. This signal is rich in harmonics- all of which are above the
fundamental frequency of the OSCILLATOR Core and are thus referred to
as Overtones.
To hear how the BALANCE works, first, either hold a key down on your controller, or to set the 0-COAST to Default Drone as
shown in Figure 9, Page 8.
Sweep the BALANCE Panel Control from Full counterclowise to Full clockwise. The sound starts as a simple, smooth tone and
morphs into a more complex rough sound rich in harmonics. This is not unlike sweeping a Low Pass Filter in the classic East
Coast synthesis patch, where at Full Counterclockwise, the harmonics of the Square or Saw waveform are reduced to almost
nothing and the sound is smooth and dull, and further increasing the Filter Cut-off parameter causes the sound to become
brighter and more complex.
BALANCE is useful for taming the complex and often highly-animated timbre of the 0-COAST. It allows for strong
introduction and control over the FUNDamental frequency. This is the portion of the 0-COAST sound that has the potential
to produce a strong low end when desired. Because the OVeRToNes are all above the FUNDamental frequency, the the
FUNDamental portion that is the left half of the BALANCE control almost acts as a sub-octave relative to the right half of the
control: the OVeRToNe portion. Sweeping the BALANCE manually or by voltage control (which we will get into in the second
half of this manual) may provide quite a bit of East Coast Synthesis gratification, even if the method for achieving these
results is rooted in West Coast Synthesis. This blurring of the stylistic coastal lines is the essence of 0-Coast Synthesis.
Now, apply your knowledge of the OVERTONE, MULTIPLY, and BALANCE circuits to alter the timbre of the 0-COAST manually
by experimenting with different settings of the associated Panel Controls. Set SLOPE to CYCLE in order to modulate
functionally over time.
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Figure 45: Balance Normalizations