Hi all i am asking in here because this is one of the only places i see knowlageable synth entusiasts on the net.
in the manual it referes to a term “adust osc a’s frequency to zero beat”
but it does not explain what zero beat is…can someone clear this up for me? thanks.
tuning to zero is needed when you have the 2 oscillators switched on and they are out of tune u will hear some rythmic phasing and beating. When they are tuned to zero beating you will hear the two oscillators align and the beating will stop, just as you tune a guitar string to another. Its really something you have to do by ear, but if the oscillators are slightly out of tune with each other you will hear the beating and need to adjust the frequency of osc 2 until the beating stops. hope that helps.
Thanks for the reply i still don’t undestand fully though what do you mean by beating?
anymore help would be greatly appreciated!
on your pro one turn up both oscillators and then move the freq of osc 2 around. you’ll hear a rhythmic pulse which speeds up and down depending how hi or lo the freq of osc 2 is. you’ll find a point where the oscs are both in tune with each other and the beating stops. when osc 2 is out of tune with osc1 you will hear this rhythmic pulsing. zero beating is where this pulsing stops and the oscs are in phase with each other.
on your pro one turn up both oscillators and then move the freq of osc 2 around. you’ll hear a rhythmic pulse which speeds up and down depending how hi or lo the freq of osc 2 is. you’ll find a point where the oscs are both in tune with each other and the beating stops. when osc 2 is out of tune with osc1 you will hear this rhythmic pulsing. zero beating is where this pulsing stops and the oscs are in phase with each other.
If you’ve ever heard a phaser or flanging effect, “beating” is similar. When you turn down the speed of a phaser sweep to where the sweep is very slow or stops altogether, that’s analogous to “zero beat”.