A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations
Technically, something that generates a repeating analog signal, like a sine, triangle, sawtooth, or square wave Historically, those were the basis for analog synth sounds The 01 uses OSC to mean any of the basic PCM sounds, meaning a Multi-Sound or Drum Sound The 01 manual also uses "voice" to mean "oscillator"
An electronic sound source In an analog synthesizer, oscillators typically produce regularly repeating fluctuations in voltage; that is, they oscillate In a digital synth, an oscillator more typically plays back a complex waveform by reading the numbers in a wavetable
An electronic sound source In an analog synthesizer, oscillators typically produce regularly repeating fluctuations in voltage-that is, they oscillate In a digital synthesizer, an oscillator more typically plays back a complex waveform by reading the numbers in a wavetable
a circuit that produces a sustained AC waveform with no external input signal Oscillators can be designed to produce sine waves, square waves, or other wave shapes They are typically used as variable speed generators in tremolo circuits in guitar amplifiers
a vibrating souce of energy that can produce sound Electronic devices can serve as oscillators to create sound
{i} someone or something that oscillates; pendulum; electronic device which produces oscillatory currents
Typically an electronic circuit that produces a repetitive waveform Often electronic music instrument designers will refer to simple waveform generators as oscillators
A device which produces a "vibration" or variation in level at a given frequency
An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire
An electronic device which generates a periodic signal of a particular frequency, usually a sine wave, but other waveforms (square, sawtooth, triangle) are often used Oscillators are common in audio devices such as synthesizers and test signal generators Early synthesizers used oscillators as the basic component for all of the sounds of the machine All of the filters and envelopes modified the sound created by the oscillator to produce the desired sound Nowadays most keyboards produce sounds by playing back samples recorded on chips or by more modern synthesis techniques such as Physical Modeling, FM, LA, or any number of other methods that have been employed in the past 10 years
an electronic device capable of generating a recurring waveform, or a digital process used by a synthesizer to generate the same
A generic term describing the part of the synthesizer that produces the basic tone or sample of the patch In the old days, an oscillator referred to a specific electronic circuit that oscillated back and forth in voltage, but nowadays, some sample-based synthesizers use this term
An electronic circuit designed to produce an ideally stable alternating voltage or current
a machine that produces electrical oscillations. Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air resistance or friction. In electronic oscillators, electrons oscillate with a constant period and also require the addition of energy to replace energy loss. Electronic oscillators are used to generate alternating current and high-frequency currents for carrier waves in radio broadcasting. They are incorporated in a wide variety of electronic equipment
An electrical device that uses varying voltages to oscillate at different frequencies, thereby producing musical notes
A metal detector circuit component which sends a specific current frequency generation to the transmit windings of the searchcoil to produce an electromagnetic field
A device which produces an alternating current or pulsating current or voltage electronically (Also see Audio Oscillator) 2
A finite nonempty pattern that recurs at the same position and orientation after some fixed number of generations A still life is considered to be an oscillator whose period is 1
A system which, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force F proportional to the displacement x according to Hooke's law: F = -k x \, , where k is a positive constant
Devices which generate a frequency See also Backward Wave, Dielectrically Stabilized Oscillator, Hyperabrupt Varactor Oscillator, Magnetron Oscillator, Varactor Tuned Oscillator, and YIG tuned oscillator