syncsaw()

Category

Oscillator / Waveshaper

Description

Hard-sync style saw oscillator. Use it for ripping lead sounds and sweeping harmonics; animate the ratio for sync sweeps.

Arguments

• x: phase or signal input; for pitched oscillators use X for the played MIDI note
• ratio: frequency/sync/modulation ratio

Typical Values

Ratio values around 0.1 to 8.0 are typical. Sweep the ratio with env() or param() for classic hard-sync motion.

Example

syncsaw(X, 2.0+5.0*param(2))

Notes

For pitched oscillator functions, X already contains the current MIDI note pitch and transpose information. Prefer saw(X), sin(X), or pwm(X, 0.4) unless you intentionally want an octave or ratio shift such as 0.5*X or 2*X.