Oscillators with vintage character

[davidh]

bubblesound modules sound vintage : uLFO + SeM20
Make Noise DPO have also a vintage flavour, probably because of all the vactrols around

[Steffe]

Rezzn8r: I think that's what they call a Perry Mason-moment:-)

[Count Edlington]

VCOb all the way for me, they were far more vintage sounding than my AFG.

[BTByrd]

For vintage I turn to the AFG and the DPO. I usually take one of the alien outputs from the AFG and mix it together with the subosc output using a STG .mix. Vintage city. I do something similar with the saw and final outputs of the DPO and the .mix. I can't recommend the .mix enough, actually... it's got character (which is rare in a mixer) sounds great, is relatively cheap, and doesn't eat up a lot of HP.

[MadGav]

Which of the recommendations would be a good replacement for an A-110 but with linear FM? VCOb, M15, any others?

[Michael O.]

Madgav, A-110 has linear fm, there's a spot on the pcb, bring it out to a jack, good stuff.

[dalasv]

The last time this came around, a lot of raw osc samples were posted and the RS95e sounded the best to me, in terms of "vintage" vibe.

[exeterdown]

While I don't think it has a Moog or Buchla retro sound all the videos of the Pittsburgh Generator I've seen sound kind of crap in a good way - haha.

I mean, almost like a tape saturation -

It won't give you perfect tracking apparently which is what turned me off eventually from making it my first choice but it's still high on my list.

How imperfect is the tracking? And in what way?

Just something I've heard and read. Can't speak from personal experience. I'm still doing my research too.

[Spiked Lunch]

I find a lot of what the plan b m15 sound to be reminiscint of what I've heard of the Buchla 258 oscillators. Properly fm'd and whatnot through an optomix or borg and you get sounds that could be right out of an old Subotnik record. Of course, if by vintage you mean something more like the moog sound, then the m15 isn't exactly it, but its sine, pulse, and variable waveforms are some of my my favorite sources for subtractive synthesis.

Ok. I have an Optomix but I'm completely incapable of making it produce anything that's not meh! I realize that the problem is the 90 kilos of carbon-based lifeform in front of the modular and not the actual module... What setting would you suggest for the Optomix?

For me, the optomix really comes to life at lower gain settings as the damp contoll has much more of an effect.

[richard]

DPO, vintage? I will admit I only had a short time with one but that wasn't my impression at all. I found it to be a highly contemporary urbanite.

[companyofquail]

stg mix and dpo

[lesjamusic]

stg mix and dpo

Funnily enough I see more consensus for STG .mix than I do for any of the VCO's. When I get one I'll AB it against my current (manhattan mixer) to see what all the fuss is about.

[reppiks]

Yeah, the saturation on the .MIX is gorgeous

[sabasan]

I use the afg for vintage with fuzz distorsion, but It never sound as my old odyssey

[tonnu]

i have one gripe wrt to the .mix

if you cram 2 VCO's into the .mix and crank the gain past noon, when you detune the VCO's you get some sidebands / ringmod effects. has anyone encountered this same problem?

also, not sure if it's cus it may not play well with a tri-core VCO or not as when i used my model 15 / vcob it distorts much sooner than when i use my AFG, for instance

[Yohda]

also, not sure if it's cus it may not play well with a tri-core VCO or not as when i used my model 15 / vcob it distorts much sooner than when i use my AFG, for instance

Might have something to do with the output level of the osc, not the core.

[reppiks]

i have one gripe wrt to the .mix

if you cram 2 VCO's into the .mix and crank the gain past noon, when you detune the VCO's you get some sidebands / ringmod effects. has anyone encountered this same problem?

also, not sure if it's cus it may not play well with a tri-core VCO or not as when i used my model 15 / vcob it distorts much sooner than when i use my AFG, for instance

Problem or feature?
I love the character that it adds past noon, which is different for different waveforms/ oscillators. It's not supposed to be clean and pure, that's why I like it.

[coomby]

I'm sorry, I can't help myself - but everytime this thread appears on my screen THIS pops in my head

it's probably something to do with the title...

[bassman194]

What about PittMod Oscillators? Dat sawcore.

[bouzoukijoe1]

does anyone with a Modcan Triple Osc feel that the drift feature makes it sound any more old school than non-drifting oscillators?

unrelated: when I use my E340 at 4 voice setting, it sometimes reminds me of my old Polysix because of the phasing. pretty nice sound.

[spacenoodle]

I'd describe it as fatter, more organic. But it doesn't scream old school to me.

[Count Edlington]

If a VCOb doesn't float your boat, then I can definitely recommend the Hertz Donut for its vintage Aliasing......

[highvoltage]

I often hear in audio demos of vintage synths that the oscillators sound very quirky, drifting away in pitch, but not just in a slow detuning way, but like they are being modulated by noise or something. Like the saw wave had an extra layer of buzz on top of it.
And i really love that sound, it makes them sound rusty and organic.

That is one reason i can't stand digital synths. Ah that stupid clean and pure sound....

Is there any euro oscillator that sounds close to that? Or is that something i'm imagining, or is it caused by a number of factors?

I know some good saturation helps a lot, but i think it's something much more inherent to the sound.


Like this:
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[Clockgate]

The Analogue Systems RS-370 has controls for vintage......

[dalasv]

I think the "extra layer of buzz" in that video is coming from the resonance of the filter, but maybe I'm not hearing the part you're trying to indicate.