52 Reason / Record Tips – Week 49: Thor Oscillator Types

March 30, 2011 in Local Music by stagemaster


Synth School enters its final and most advanced device starting this week. Strap in and get ready because we’re about to tackle the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. Thor is called “polysonic” because it offers a smorgasbord of various oscillator types, filter types, and signal routing options. This week we’ll be focusing on the first major oscillator types in Thor. Each oscillator has a specific synth technology behind it and each one has a particular sound that will be suitable for different uses. If you’ve found yourself relying on presets for Thor or if you tend to go straight to the analog oscillator because it’s familiar to you, you’ll definitely want to get to know these other oscillators. They’ll expand your sonic palette and ramp up your sound design chops.

Playing PSoC Music Synthesizer (raw oscillator)

May 18, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster


Playing sawtooth wave generated by PSoC with Direct Digital Synthesis or WaveTable. Note is indicated by putting the test lead to a resister that was taken from a broken slide volume. Software quantized the note by every semitone. This is the sound of the raw oscillator without filter, EG, LEF, etc. Speaker is directly driven by PSoC. d.hatena.ne.jp