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Analog synthesis - Theory
VCO | VCF | VCA | Modulators | Effects | Timbre
What are the harmonics of the different waves?
| wave | sounds | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| sine | "pure" | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| saw | "sharp" | 1 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 1/5 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 1/8 | 1/9 | 1/10 |
| square | "hollow" | 1 | - | 1/3 | - | 1/5 | - | 1/7 | - | 1/9 | - |
| triangle | "sine" | 1 | - | 1/9 | - | 1/25 | - | 1/49 | - | 1/81 | - |
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| saw | square | triangle |
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/audio/geowv.html