is there a way to get a pwm style sound in zebra?

[coyote]

Hello,

is there any way to achieve something similar/or the same as PWM using zebra?


thanks for your help.

[kuniklo]

Flip the oscillator to the phase tab. Turn inv (inverse) on. Move the phase control somewhere in the middle and assign a modulator to it.

[ZenPunkHippy]

You can also draw a thin square wave in oscillator wave one and fat square wave at the other end i.e. oscillator wave 16. Tell Zebra to morph the waves from thin to fat so you don't have to draw them all yourself. Do this by clicking the first wave and then ctrl or command clicking the last one. You should have a nice row of expanding square waves now.

You can then modulate the Wavewarp parameter with an LFO or whatever modulation source, and you can choose how much PWM you want to allow by drawing different sized squares (or any other type).

So many options and such little time!!

Peace,
Andy.

[Urs]

You can also just use an inverted saw on oscillator2 and detune a bit.

Urs

[coyote]

nice one, thanks allot fellas,

[adamszabo]

Just make a square wave, and in the osc effects use a symmetry fx, and modulate it with an lfo

[Urs]

Just make a square wave, and in the osc effects use a symmetry fx, and modulate it with an lfo

Yep, that's how it's done in ZebraCM - but these methods (OscFX or morphed waveforms) rely on a high Osc Resolution setting. This is because shifting a pulse around is something quite easily audible as "grainy" in Zebras oscillators. Hence the "inv" on the Phase tab is always the preferred method for PWM because phase is internally updated per sample.

Urs

[PaulSC]

pwmed!