operator phasing

[heuristics]

Hey all,
I'm just learning operator and am wondering if many of you offset oscillators to avoid phasing? Can I just leave all my oscillators with the same phase or should I offset some of em?

cheers

[sunray]

hmm.. not really. tried something similar once on bass synth with very short envelops that randomly produced clicks at the end. assume it was related the low frequency and short release, but didn't wanted to go up with the release so i tried to move the phase arround so that signal doesn't end with a click.. but couldn't really manage it.. the clicks where gone, but the nice bass sound too after playing arround on the phase so i re-started form scratch once again.. =)

[3dot...]

op...
the oscillators.. are "free running"...
but if you want predictable results.. (be sure the oscillators are 'in phase')
chekc that 're-trigger' switch is on for the oscillators..

[Vios]

As far as phasing goes it's a matter of what sounds good to your ears. I often adjust phasing slightly if I have two of the oscillators just slightly out of tune (Typ. Osc A with Fine @0 and Osc B with Fine @1). In that case I'm actually intentionally causing the phasing of the two oscillators to slip past each other. This often creates a highly desired sound. Adjusting the phasing will mostly change how the start of the instrument sounds in that case.

If you have all of your oscillators perfectly in tune with each other (all set with Fine@0) you'll notice some change in the sound when you adjust the phasing, as you'll be canceling/reinforcing different harmonics.

Something to be played with. I often leave all of them at 0%. I often come back and move them to see if they'll sound better at a different setting and most of them time I still leave them at 0%.