One track chords using the sub oscillators

[dreamspy]

Say is it possible to use 1 track to create a chord? Using the two oscillators and the 5th sub oscillators?

I’m trying to understand how the 5th sub osc works. To my ears it sounds like the sub osc gives you a note that is seven semitones down from the main osc, which can also be looked at as 5 semitones above the main osc but an octave lower. I’m a bit perplexed by the choice of this since it doesn’t make sense musically to me since the (potential) root of the chord shifts. So in that case i can make the main osc 5 Seminoles higher to compensate.

Going down fx 5 semitones ( so c4 on main osc and G3 on sub osc fx) makes more sense since that’s just party of an inversion of a chord.

[sezare56]

Chart for making chords with osc's

That is true for Arp page, not with one track OSCs. It is a bit more complicated. 5th Sub is below, 7 semitones below. In order to have a regular 5th, you have to make the sub the tonic, you have to tune OSC1 = 7. You can add a minor 3rd with Osc 2 = 3. min with 5th sub is : 0SC 1 = 7 (sub is tonic, osc1 is 5th) OSC 2 = 3 (osc2 is min3rd) maj with 5th sub is : OSC 1 = 7 (sub is tonic, osc1 is 5th) OSC 2 = 4 (osc2 is maj3rd) min7 with 5th subs is : 0SC 1 = 7 (sub is tonic, osc1 is 5th) …

[garf]

If you’re listening to the osc without sub, and then enabling the 5th sub, it will sound like 7 semitones down in comparison to the main osc. But it’s not a 5th of the main osc - it’s a 5th up from the sub osc’s first waveform (-1 octave).

[sezare56]

@garf

it’s a 5th up from the sub osc’s first waveform (-1 octave).

Isn’t it a 4th up from sub osc first waveform ?

[garf]

Nope

[edit] i had it wrong sorry!

[sezare56]

@garf

Hope

I need an explanation then !

[Hlecktro]

Easiest way to make 1 track chords is by putting a huge reverb and hitting 3 arp notes fast. Use the reverb tail as a synth.

If you want to scratch your head, you could also program a sequence sending to a 1-tap timed delay. So that your note repeats line up

[pselodux]

@garf

But it’s not a 5th of the main osc - it’s a 5th up from the sub osc’s first waveform (-1 octave).

If this were the case it’d be the same note as a 5th up from the fundamental (ie. 7 semitones), just an octave lower. It’s not though, it’s 5 semitones up from the usual -1 octave sub, and 7 semitones down from the fundamental.

[Kraus]

Simply tune the oscillator +7 semitones. Then the sub becomes the fundamental, and the main oscillator is the perfect fifth above it.

I’m not certain, but I think there might have been technical reasons why they chose to do it this way. ie. it might be easier to create a -7 semitone sub with analogue circuitry.

[sezare56]

@Kraus

it might be easier to create a -7 semitone sub with analogue circuitry.

That’s what I read somewhere…

[B_LD]

A4 - 4 Note Chords from 1 Track

I’ve spent some time today figuring out how to arrange OSC 1 and OSC 2 with their ‘5th Sub’ to give 4 note chords that are in key. The ‘5th Sub’ gives you a note a 5th down, meaning if you hit a C note on the keyboard, it’ll give the C and an F below… which is the foundation of an F chord, not a C chord. So, the way around this is to tune your OSC to +7… this makes the 5th Sub sound a C and your OSC sound a G. C - G = root and fifth. Wherever you play this on the keyboard now, you’ll have the…