Hi I am very new to PD and DSP concepts. So this will be hopelessly, awfully, basic :)
I have just started chapter 3 of 'The theory and technique of
electronic music'
which is excellent
However it raises a million questions in my head...... one of which
is how do I create an oscillator myself?
Its really bugging me everytime I create an example from the book. I
feel I need to understand the fundamentals of how the basic objects
are created too.
It seems too easy for me to just use the phasor object provided,
So I thought I would struggle through it and try to work it out.
This is how I am thinking about it.
If I want to create a sawtooth oscillator then this is just a ramp
function i.e. a number that increases by 1 each time.
therefore if I use a simple float that, that adds 1 each time and a
modulus % object to cap it, then I will have my repeating ramp wave :)
However I am triggering it by the metro object which is way too slow,
how can I send a bang to the float object say every sample? or alot
quicker than one millisecond?
My thinking is if I could speed up the bangs to a sample level I
would then have more scope to then actually tune it, and create the
shape I want. However I am sure to do this well would require working
at a higher sample rate, but I am not really sure how to proceed.
Below is my appalling attempt :) I use the number box to change pitch.
Any guidance appreciated Cheers Geoff
#N canvas 325 62 681 388 10; #X obj 119 69 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 -262144 -1 -1; #X obj 121 96 f; #X obj 181 116 + 1; #X obj 115 17 bng 15 250 50 0 empty empty empty 17 7 0 10 -262144 -1 -1; #X obj 127 238 dac~; #X obj 118 46 metro 1; #X floatatom 187 163 5 0 0 0 - - -; #X obj 115 160 %; #X obj 114 199 /; #X connect 0 0 1 0; #X connect 1 0 2 0; #X connect 1 0 7 0; #X connect 2 0 1 1; #X connect 3 0 5 0; #X connect 5 0 0 0; #X connect 6 0 7 1; #X connect 6 0 8 1; #X connect 7 0 8 0; #X connect 8 0 4 0;