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Vim Doozy

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What causes the overtones on this pure sine wave?
« on: July 26, 2018, 12:02:29 pm »
Hey guys

Just wondering what causes the overtones on this pure, unfiltered sine wave at 440 Hz. I can't see any mention of aliasing in the manual, which is what I'm guessing it is. DAC Res is set to Modern.

DX7 V top, Ableton Operator bottom:

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Matt Arturia

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Re: What causes the overtones on this pure sine wave?
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2018, 03:22:23 pm »
Hi,

Even in Modern DAC Mode, we are still emulating the behavior of the old chip of the original hardware, hence the aliasing that you can see on your spectrum analyzer.

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Matthieu

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Re: What causes the overtones on this pure sine wave?
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2018, 04:27:14 am »
Thanks for the quick response Matt.

 

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