Talk:Oscillator sync

What I would like from Wikipedia is the definitive explanation on "hard" and "soft" oscillator sync, as found on some early analog synthesizers. I have found 2 completely different explanations on the internet, both credible... One states that soft sync only resets the second oscillator if it is within a certain margin of its starting point. Another states that soft sync makes a triangle wave change direction, whereas hard sync resets a sawtooth or pulse to its starting point. Can someone please shed light on this?

Added Hard and Soft Sync definitions, including the "Weak Sync" definition orignally incorrectly labeled as "soft sync" that causes confusion.

also, hard sync and soft sync now redirect here, so people who are looking for one (or who have never heard of the second kind and so wouldn't think to generalize their search) will yield this site, which hopefully garners it some attention.

It needs oscilloscope images of both, and it needs to be listed in the category "types of synthesis" if possible. --Toxikator 13:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Would be nice it this could be explained in plain English.

Ouch Synth-DIY Changes
Prompted by a discussion on the Synth-DIY list in August 2009, I edited this page severely. It seemed to have material from a digital implementer overlaid with point-scoring balance from an analog fan. So much material was tangential, and in fact much was incorrect such as the naive approach to digital implementation. I enumerated some more sync types, moved digital material to its own section and added BLIT etc references, and added a section where people can put in other synth architectures.Rick Jelliffe (talk) 19:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

The heading names I gave to the various kinds of synch are rather arbitrary, and better ones can be imagined. Roland 100M dual VCO uses 'Weak Sync', for example. There could be more, they could be called something different, and they could be arranged with different emphasis and reworded: I leave that to others to improve. It would be nice to see references and diagrams and sound samples.Rick Jelliffe (talk) 19:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

(I think the Reset Inhibit is what Cynthia Webster calls Core Lock!?)Rick Jelliffe (talk) 19:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Master and Slave
I understand the reasons for wanting to drop the old terminology regarding sync, but as anyone who has read the literature on the topic and/or synth manuals, 'master' and 'slave' were historically used and still used today. I don't think that terminology should be ignored, as if it never existed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.131.205.234 (talk) 20:02, 25 May 2022 (UTC)