Yes this is subtractive (oscillators, filters etc.). The synth for Dr Who was the 70's analog synth the Arp Odyssey. This is the Waldorf Blofeld, which is not actually analog, it's digital. It can make Odyssey sounds quite well though.
Its subtractive, but also has wavetable oscillators. The waveshapes are based on the Microwave XT and they even have a few emulated from the PPG. (the raw character of the PPG stemmed from 8 bit interpolation of partial-cycle waveforms). The filter is designed to mimic the PPGs SSM-based LPF.
The resonance nearly killed me.
gxddxmnxt 1 year ago
@gxddxmnxt haha! me too. I didn't bother compressing this track.
Biopharmer 1 year ago
i like this. a lot
TheJeremyevans 1 year ago
Awesome filter...hard to believe it is not analog. Great track.
hot2annihilate 2 years ago 3
kool
network909 2 years ago
Cool! Is this the type of synthesizer (AM, FM, subtrative . . . I still don't understand yet) that was used to make the Dr. Who theme song?
macdaddylorenzo 3 years ago
Yes this is subtractive (oscillators, filters etc.). The synth for Dr Who was the 70's analog synth the Arp Odyssey. This is the Waldorf Blofeld, which is not actually analog, it's digital. It can make Odyssey sounds quite well though.
Biopharmer 3 years ago
Wow, thanks a lot for all your helpful info!
macdaddylorenzo 3 years ago
anytime
Biopharmer 3 years ago
@Biopharmer no it wasn't, ARP didn't even exist at that point.
mutantmoments 1 year ago
@mutantmoments oh my bad, I thought someone said that. I guess they were wrong, and I looked it up, you're right.
Biopharmer 1 year ago
Its subtractive, but also has wavetable oscillators. The waveshapes are based on the Microwave XT and they even have a few emulated from the PPG. (the raw character of the PPG stemmed from 8 bit interpolation of partial-cycle waveforms). The filter is designed to mimic the PPGs SSM-based LPF.
RFrayo 2 years ago
@RFrayo Is a wavetable just a matrix of different wave shapes? I don't get what a wavetable is?
JamieJetsonTV 1 year ago