No square-wave in sylenth1?

[exceed26]

Hi

Im currently learning to create orignal sounds on sylenth1 and it would be nice to have the square wave available since several books are using it in their examples.. i cant find this anywhere one sylenth1, does this synth come with a square wave and if it doesnt (i have read the user manual too but didnt find it there either), then can someone give some help on how to create it?

[jupiter8]

Don't know what you're smoking because it most certainly has a square wave.

[ViktorW]

Simply click on the waveform display in the oscillator section, and drag the mouse upwards (or downwards, depending on the selected waveform). One of them is a square wave. It's called a 'pulse' wave in sylenth.

[exceed26]

thanks for your answer ViktorW, i didnt know it was called a pulse-wave in sylenth1.
im pretty new to this music stuff (although i do have some connections and have listed to and attended alot of trance events), i started to learn about music and music production just under 2 months ago and then i didnt even know what an octave or chord was, so please. during that time i have read quite a bit so im still a rookie but learning every day. in the books i have, for example the dance music manual the author is refering to both a pulse wave and square wave, i guess he is using the words interchangebly.

[gdev1981]

thanks for your answer ViktorW, i didnt know it was called a pulse-wave in sylenth1.
im pretty new to this music stuff (although i do have some connections and have listed to and attended alot of trance events), i started to learn about music and music production just under 2 months ago and then i didnt even know what an octave or chord was, so please. during that time i have read quite a bit so im still a rookie but learning every day. in the books i have, for example the dance music manual the author is refering to both a pulse wave and square wave, i guess he is using the words interchangebly.

FYI a pulse is basically a waveform which goes up and down in (nearly) straight vertical lines. If it is symmetrical then it is a square wave.

So a square wave is a symmetrical pulse, but very often pulses are non-symmetrical or have their symmetry modulated (pulse width modulation) which is why it is more useful in a synth that has this ability to call them pulses because they are not always square waves but they are always pulses, see?

Edit: Apparently Sylenth doesn't have PWM so I dunno why they are called that in that particular synth, maybe they're a bit 'skew-whiff'

Edit 2: I found out thanks to Jupiter 8 they are indeed a bit skew-whiff (or at least some of them are) so it does make sense, phew!

[Dj Troy]

Don't know what you're smoking because it most certainly has a square wave.

was there any reason to answer like that he asked a simple question.some people...

[Nielzie]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

[jamieblac]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

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[jupiter8]

Don't know what you're smoking because it most certainly has a square wave.

was there any reason to answer like that he asked a simple question.some people...

How could he not see it ? He claimed to have read the manual so he must know how to change the waveshape of the oscillators. Just change them and there voila is a squarewave. You must have been smoking some wacky tobacco to miss it. I didn't even know they had names,i just changed the wave until it was a square. There's pictures of them you know.

[jupiter8]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

Only problem with that is Sylenth doesn't do PWM, you can fake it though by a saw and an inverted saw and adjust the phase between them.

[Sendy]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

Only problem with that is Sylenth doesn't do PWM, you can fake it though by a saw and an inverted saw and adjust the phase between them.

lol, so actually Sylenth should have probably called it a Square all along.

My, how we laughed!

[gdev1981]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

Only problem with that is Sylenth doesn't do PWM, you can fake it though by a saw and an inverted saw and adjust the phase between them.

lol, so actually Sylenth should have probably called it a Square all along.

My, how we laughed!

Yeah! lol

[jupiter8]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

Only problem with that is Sylenth doesn't do PWM, you can fake it though by a saw and an inverted saw and adjust the phase between them.

lol, so actually Sylenth should have probably called it a Square all along.

My, how we laughed!

Yeah! lol

It does have some fixed width pulse waves,you just can't modulate the pulse width.

[gdev1981]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

Only problem with that is Sylenth doesn't do PWM, you can fake it though by a saw and an inverted saw and adjust the phase between them.

lol, so actually Sylenth should have probably called it a Square all along.

My, how we laughed!

Yeah! lol

It does have some fixed width pulse waves,you just can't modulate the pulse width.

oh! So it does make sense to call them pulses at least!

[jupiter8]

Hi exceed26, here is an interesting little read about the pulse and square waves and pulse width modulation

http://csoundblog.com/2010/10/pulse-wave-and-pwm/

Only problem with that is Sylenth doesn't do PWM, you can fake it though by a saw and an inverted saw and adjust the phase between them.

lol, so actually Sylenth should have probably called it a Square all along.

My, how we laughed!

Yeah! lol

It does have some fixed width pulse waves,you just can't modulate the pulse width.

oh! So it does make sense to call them pulses at least!

Yeah,square wave is just a special case of a pulse wave.