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Korg PS-3300 Owner's Manual page 8

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FEATURES
AND
FUNCTIONS
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VCO
(Voltage Controlled
Oscillator)
Those modules found
in
music
synthesizers
and
referred to
as
VCO's
include
antilog
amps,
waveform
shapers
and
generators,
and of
course
VCO's.
In
the
sound
synthesis
process the
VCO
controls pitch
and
the basic
tone
color (the
waveform).
With
the
PS-3300
SG
section
you
have
available
such conventional functions
as
tuning, vibrato,
and
pitch
bends;
you
also
select
from waveforms
including
triangle,
sawtooth,
rectangle,
and
PWM.
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Scales other
than
the
well-tempered
scale
C
c*
D
D*
E
F
F*
G
G*
A
A*
B
*
>'*-*>
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ft
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of
Adjust
the
TEMPERAMENT
ADJUST
Mf9fc&
fYR?<:.3Sln>L
-c*i
U?„
knobs
to
tune
to these
and
other
uncon-
ventional
scales.
Ex.1
*£:**(
Mean
tone
system
)
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ffi|
Ex
-
*
Mean Tone
System
*».*.«-
...
.»,..._
«,
..*.
This
is
a
scale
used
for
medieval key-
WMMMMe^lfttMIMai
board
inslruments
.
It
features
,
^
gttik
tt4
e
major
third.
Ex.2
&&IE?*(Just
intonation)
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:«,
&&&&***&& *nm±
Ex
-
2
Just lntonation
A
theoretical
scale
with
a
pure
major
475
ffW
third
and
fifth
in
C.
Ex.3
-b«A*M
Ex.
3.
Hepatonal
Scale
*
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^ iv?
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— —
>
¥
Y
V
This
scale
divides
one
octave
into
7 equal
•*—
*rWll <^?v.
intervals.
C
Cis
D
Es
E
F
Eis
G
Gis
A
B
H
Ex.
1
-24
-
7
+
10
-14
+
3
-21
-
3
-27 -10
+
7
-17
Ex.2
/
+
4
-14
-
2
/
+
2
-16
/
/
-12
Ex.3
/
-28.58
/
/
-57.15 +14.28
i
/
-14.29
/
/
-42.86
/
-71.43
(IN
CENTS)
For
fine
tuning
we
suggest
using
the
KORG
TUNING STANDARD.

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