Moog Minimoog Operation Manual page 7

The triangular waveform has the least harmonic content; the
narrow rectangular has the most.
your best guide in deciding which waveform to use for a
particular quality.
3 ) The VOLUME control (12) adjusts the amount of Oscillator 1
signal which is fed to the mixer, while switch (C) instantly
turns the oscillator on or off.
heard by turning on switches (E) and (G) respectively, and
their relative volumes may be adjusted with VOLUME controls
(13) and (14).
4 ) FREQUENCY controls (7 and 10) are found only on Oscillators
2 and 3.
oscillator by as much as a major sixth with respect to
Oscillator 1.
off (G), and depress a key.
of Oscillators 1 and 2 are nearly in unison.
and down the keyboard, the pitches of the two oscillators will
move together.
a key, until a perfect fifth is made.
will remain constant as you play different notes on the keyboard.
Any intervals within the range of the oscillators may be set up
simply by setting the RANGE switches and FREQUENCY controls
a p p r o p r i a t e l y .
5 ) By turning off the OSCILLATOR 3 CONTROL switch (B), Oscillator 3
may be disconnected from the control of the keyboard.
this, turn off switches (B), (C), and (E), and turn on switch (G).
The pitch of the oscillator will not change as different keys
are struck.
control has a much wider range when switch (B) is off.
hold down one key and turn control (10) through its range, you
will hear a frequency sweep of 6 octaves rather than one octave.
These controls raise or lower the pitch of their
To hear this, turn on switches (C) and (E), turn
Now turn control (7) clockwise while depressing
You will also observe that Oscillator 3's FREQUENCY
Generally your ear will be
Oscillators 2 and 3 may be
Adjust control (7) until the pitches
Once again, this interval
Fig. 3
As you move up
To observe
If you
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