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LAYERPAGES–OscillatorSynthHardSync
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HardSyncwasafeatureonsomeanalogsynthesizerswhichgavethetimbrea"throaty"diphthong
typeofsoniccharacteristicwhenswept.HardSyncwaspopularizedonsynthesizersliketheProphet5
andtheearlyOberheimsynthesizersforamoremetallicandaggressivetimbre,andisespecially
usefulforleadsounds.HardSyncisachievedbyusingtwooscillators,onewhichisthe"master"and
theotherthe"slave."Theslaveisforcedtorestartitswaveformwhenhardsyncedwiththemaster
oscillatorandthemastercontrolsthepitch.Anychangesintheslaveoscillator’spitchwillnotchange
thepitchofthemastertheychangetheovertonesandharmonicstructureinstead.
Inthepast,anoscillatorwouldneedtobesacrificedtogetthehardsynceffect,butOmnispherehas
ahidden,dedicatedoscillatorjustforhardsync.Thehardsyncoscillatorbecomestheslaveandthe
Oscillator’swaveformisthemaster.Thewaveformdisplaywilldynamicallychangethewaveshapeas
theHARDSYNCsliderismoved.HARDSYNCismodulatable.
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NOISEwaveformonlyHARDSYNCcontrolactsasastereowidthcontrolthatismonoatthe
minimumsettingandgraduallyspreadsthenoiseintobothrightandleftchannelstowardsthe
maximumsetting.
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