Starling Technologies OSC3 Manual

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OSC3

Introduction

Controls and I/O

OSC3 is a trio of oscillators with one master VCO (oscillator 1) and two oscillators (oscillators 2

and 3) that spread up and down from the master oscillator (center) frequency. It is a nod to the

oscillator sections on classic monosynths, but with a focus on unconventional musical control

and patching opportunities.

If you haven't yet, take a glance at

Knobs

COARSE sets the base pitch of the oscillator cluster over a 4 octave range.

FINE adjusts the pitch up to a fifth above the base pitch.

spreads oscillators 2 and 3 up and down from the center frequency respectively. See

for more detail on the spread pattern.

1. Introduction

2. Controls and IO

this introduction

of Via's controls, IO, and user interface.

BEAT

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Page 1 LVL S+H 1. Introduction OSC3 is a trio of oscillators with one master VCO (oscillator 1) and two oscillators (oscillators 2 and 3) that spread up and down from the master oscillator (center) frequency. It is a nod to the oscillator sections on classic monosynths, but with a focus on unconventional musical control and patching opportunities.
Page 2 V/OCT provides volt per octave control over a 10 octave range from -5V to 5V. PHASE modulates the phase of oscillators 2 and 3. Audio-rate inputs are particularly rewarding. controls the spread amount. Note that this CV is disabled when the corresponding knob is fully counterclockwise.
Page 3 PITCH outputs a 1ms trigger whenever the pitch at the v/oct input changes. LED Display The current setting for the QUANT parameter is displayed as a color on the RGB LED. The top left LED indicates a note change at the V/OCT input. The top right LED indicates the state of the BEAT output.
Page 4 3. Parameters SHAPE The oscillators all share a wave shape. The options are: (1) saw, (2) square, (3) trapezoid, and (4) triangle. Oscillators 2 and 3 are each unipolar, with a 5V peak to peak level at each extreme of the LVL control knobs.
Page 5 Interferance between the waveforms alternates from constructive (in phase) to destructive (out of phase). You can liken the result to a tremolo with the modulation LFO frequency equal to the difference in frequency between oscillators 2 and 3. OSC3 is built around this effect.
Page 7 The manner in which oscillators 2 and 3 and spread from oscillator 1 can be set to one of 4 modes: (1) even, (2) scaled, (3) chord, and (4) clock. The maximum frequency spread increases through the modes. 1. The beating frequency does not change with pitch, which to the ear sounds like a larger spread with lower frequencies.