Object: 16StepsDP2
The 16 Steps (with discontinuities) oscillator described in the preceding post seems to work properly.
I added a new companion wf_16 object
wf_16BankPwr
menu: Help -> Library -> Community -> tiar -> osc -> wf_16BankPwr
is a bank of 16 predefined waveforms. These waveforms may seem strange at first sight, but they have quite useful spectra for substractive synthesis and are crest factor optimised.
For example, the first waveform is quite awkward but is has a spectrum similar to the one of a sawtooth:
menu: Help -> Library -> Community -> tiar -> osc -> wf_16BankPwr
has a toggle switch that will let you compare it to a regular sawtooth.
I think that one of the main interests - from a musical point of view - is when you mix this detuned "pseudo sawtooth" with a sawtooth. The sound is much smoother and harmonic cancellations/beatings are less audible.
Other waveforms in the bank are:
1 harm2: the two first harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -6dB/oct
2 harm3: the three first harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -6dB/oct
3 harm4: the four first harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -6dB/oct
4 harm2b: the two first harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -12dB/oct
5 harm3b: the first three harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -12dB/oct
6 harm4b: the first four harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -12dB/oct
7 harm7: the first 7 harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -6dB/oct
8 harm7b: the first 7 harmonics have the same amplitude and then decay -12dB/oct
9 Res2 Resonance around harmonic 2
10 Res3 Resonance around harmonic 3
11 Res4 Resonance around harmonic 4
12 Res5 Resonance around harmonic 5
13. Res7 Resonance around harmonic 7
14. harm7_2_3 Strong first harmonics with some "decimated" harmonics
15. harm7_23_3 Strong first harmonics with more "decimated" harmonics