I noticed something about the snappiness of hive.
It seems most waveforms are not in phase when the oscillators are set to reset. So a Saw and Square for the sub oscillator are in different phases. This also goes for most other waveforms. In a juno synth or sylenth (in sylenth oscillators set to retrigger and invert one osc), the Saw and Square oscillator start the same point, meaning when the saw is zero, the square is zero, if the saw goes goes up, the square goes up. I checked with an oscilloscope but I'm not sure. The result is a cleaner snappier sound. In Hive these starting points are unequal (something like 65 degrees apart) resulting in a buzzier sound caused by waveforms out of phase. In e.g. Serum you can manually set the phase of the oscillator to compensate for this.
This is why a lot of simple sounds like plucks) are easier to create in sylenth it seems.
PS there are waves in Hive that are in sync it seems. The Saw from “six waves” and the square from “Allsorts”. set these to rest and you’ll hear what i mean. And set the amp attack to +5. I would prefer the sub oscillator to be in sync (or at least have a choice) when the main osc is set to reset.
PS still a shame the filter does not drive/distort.
Hive reset waveforms not in phase - filter drive
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- KVRian
- 814 posts since 18 May, 2007 from Berlin
You can easily change the phase relationship between main osc and sub osc via the mod matrix.
Use "Constant" as modulator, right-click on the target selector and go to Oscillator 1 or 2, then Phase.
Use "Constant" as modulator, right-click on the target selector and go to Oscillator 1 or 2, then Phase.
