Making a sample bank of a Top octave divided synth.

[lalalandsynth]

I am working on making a sample player of a top octave div analog poly.

I have a problem and would love some input.
I guess this would also apply to poly dco's...

Seeing that its a top octave or a master oscillator I would assume that all notes played would have a certain phase relationship that would be a problem to recreate with samples. I guess I could measure the analog poly in question but it seems intuitively correct.

I wonder if any of you guys have dealt with making romplers and dealt with something like this ?

[Spogg]

Interesting!

I would be inclined to create a synth for this rather than using samples. You could generate a high pitched range of square waves from 12 individual oscillators then divide down by 2 for all the successive lower octaves. That handles the phase relationships which will be fixed based on the top octave alone.

This would even allow you to experiment with different tuning intervals or weird scales. For example, the very first Quilcom I made (germanium transistor flip-flps!) had to use Just Intonation to sync the master oscillators to avoid drift. This was based on the C scale and sounded "interesting" in other keys. Equal Temperament is the usual system but in Flowstone you can set the frequencies to exactly what you want.

Whatever path you choose I wish you lots of fun and interest.

Spogg