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FM - Continued: Frequency Ratios
MIN MAX
MIN MAX
LOW HIGH
SYNC HSM
1V/Oct 1V/Oct
Linear FM
INPUT
PWM FM 1
LOW HIGH
Hz
Oct
FM 2
INPUT
CV IN INPUT
CV IN CV OUT
INPUT INPUT
+
+ +
+
EXT IN
FREQUENCY/NOTE/OCTAVE
Tiptp
A u d i o
Z 3 0 0 0Z3 0 0 0
Smart V C -Oscillat o r
FREQUENCY
FINE TUNE
PULSE
WIDTH
PWM
FM
MIN
MAX
MIN MAX
LOW HIGH
SYNC HSM
1V/Oct 1V/Oct
Linear FM
INPUT
PWM FM 1
LOW HIGH
Hz
Oct
FM 2
INPUT
CV IN INPUT
CV IN CV OUT
INPUT INPUT
+
+ +
+
EXT IN
FREQUENCY/NOTE/OCTAVE
Tiptp
A u d i o
Z 3 0 0 0Z3 0 0 0
Smart V C -Oscilla t o r
FREQUENCY
FINE TUNE
PULSE
WIDTH
PWM
FM
Modulator@130Hz
Carrier@65Hz
Ratio=2:1
Thefrequencyratiosandmodulationindexdefine
thetoneandharmoniccontentoftheresultingsound.
Specificfrequencyratioswillcreateharmonicand
inharmonicsounds,aspreviouslydescribed,andthe
Z3000allowstheusertopreciselysetthoseratios
inanyofitsthreemodes.
WhileplayinganFMpatchacrossarangeofseveral
octaves,thefrequencyattheseoctavesmaynot
maintainthefrequencyratiothatwassetatanother
octave.Thisvariationinfrequencyisaninherent
featureofanalogVCOs.TheZ3000makesitpossible
toovercomethisissuebyfinetuningthedesired
frequenciesatbothendsoftherangeuntilbothare
setaccordinglyforsmoothharmonicsoundsspanning
severaloctaves.