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ARTURIA – JUPITER-8V – USER’S MANUAL
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The Sinusoid waveform and its harmonic spectrum
• The synchronization of an oscillator with another creates more complex waveforms.
If for example, you synchronize oscillator2 with oscillator1, oscillator2 will restart a
new period every time the first oscillator completes its period, even if oscillator2 has
not fully completed its current cycle (this signifies that it is not tuned to the same
tonality!) The more you tune oscillator2 upwards, the more you will encounter
composite waveforms.
In the image above, osc2 is synchronized with osc1 and tuned to with double the tonality.
• Frequency modulation (FM or CROSS MOD in case of the Jupiter-8) can be created
between 2 oscillators by connecting the audio output from a first oscillator to the
modulation input of a second oscillator. On the Jupiter-8V, if you turn the CROSS
MOD knob, you will obtain a sound that is richer in harmonics. If you introduce a
square or sawtooth signal, the result can be quickly distorted… but interesting for
enharmonic sonorities like bell sounds or special effects for example.