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Fig. 3-4. Standard voltage-controlled oscillator waveforms. (A) Sawtooth. (8)<br />

- Triangle. (C) Rectangle 50%. (D) Rectangle 10%. (E) Sine.<br />

timbre is bright, very hollow, and sounds much like a kazoo in the middle<br />

frequencies. The 10% wave has a spectrum with considerable energy in the<br />

high-frequency harmonics. The spectral envelope resembles that <strong>of</strong> a comb<br />

filter somewhat, but after the first couple <strong>of</strong> peaks, decreases at an average<br />

rate <strong>of</strong> 6 dB/octave. The timbre is quite buzzy at low frequencies and piercingly<br />

bright at middle and high frequencies. Duty cycles around 25 to 30%<br />

have a timbre that greatly resembles a sawtooth wave, although the individual<br />

harmonics are quite different. Many veo modules have a control<br />

voltage input that determines the duty cycle <strong>of</strong> the rectangular wave. Others<br />

may just have a mechanical control to vary the duty cycle or sometimes a<br />

fixed 50% wave is all that is available.

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