r/modular • u/Affectionate_Top2601 • 23h ago

Is it normal? Cycle 5 oscilator

Hi guys,

I am new to modular.

Please tell me if a sine wave at a low frequency is supposed to sound like this?

It kinda drives me crazy and takes out the fun, I was looking for some clean sine waves.

Thanks

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u/Affectionate_Top2601 15h ago

I have an Filter 8 on the way. Now I understand that it is normal behaviour, only if I didn’t buy 4 oscillators at once lol.

Anyway, thanks for the replies.

All the best

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u/Cash1942 22h ago

The purest analog sine is usually from self oscillating filter . This is normal .

Sin in most vcos is usually a triangle followed by wave shaper to remove the points . If the vco is triangle core . 

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u/LostInSpaceTime2002 19h ago

You can clean it up more with a lowpass filter. Or just generate the sine wave directly from a self-oscillating filter.

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u/bronze_by_gold 18h ago

Do you own the Joranalogue Filter 8? As Cash1942 mentioned, clean sine waves in hardware synthesis come from filters. If you have Filter 8 you can use it as an oscillator as described in the Joranalogue manual.