Frequency range of an analog synth.

jupiter8 · 7th September 2007

Has anyone measured the total frequency range of an analog synth ? How high are the highest harmonics before they disappear into the noise floor ?

Just curious that's all.

tINY · 7th September 2007

Depends on the synth.

It's very easy to make a synth with sub- and ultra-soninc output.....

-tINY

jupiter8 · 7th September 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by tINY

Depends on the synth.

It's very easy to make a synth with sub- and ultra-soninc output.....

-tINY

Yeah i realize that. I was just curious about any measurement. Any analog synth will do.

EDIT: And i'm mostly interested in the upper limit. I suppose you can do an LFO that does one cycle in a week should one want to..

hangman · 11th September 2007

yeah, I can certainly get my Minimoog to get so low you can actually watch the speaker move in and out over the course of 2-3 seconds. as far as the highest highs... beats me.

dementedchord · 11th September 2007

hmmmm... basicly it's DC to LIGHT....

ignatius · 11th September 2007

with a self resonating filter by itself you can easily exceed the
range of human hearing.

as far as note range of a synths oscillators well that depends on the synth. w/an oscillator into a bandpass filter w/dual resonance it seem like you could cover the frequencey range.. it's all in the patch i guess.

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tINY Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,230	Depends on the synth. It's very easy to make a synth with sub- and ultra-soninc output..... -tINY

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hangman Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 588	yeah, I can certainly get my Minimoog to get so low you can actually watch the speaker move in and out over the course of 2-3 seconds. as far as the highest highs... beats me.

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dementedchord Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 885	hmmmm... basicly it's DC to LIGHT....

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ignatius Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Sasquatch, OR Posts: 4,269	with a self resonating filter by itself you can easily exceed the range of human hearing. as far as note range of a synths oscillators well that depends on the synth. w/an oscillator into a bandpass filter w/dual resonance it seem like you could cover the frequencey range.. it's all in the patch i guess.