Raw buzz

Hear an oscillator with nothing carving it yet.

Power on a saw wave with the filter wide open. This is the raw material every subtractive patch starts from.

Promise: “I can make a sound — and name the source.”

Experiment #01

Hear an oscillator with nothing carving it yet.

1.Press POWER ON, then hold a key (or tap HOLD).
2.Leave CUTOFF fully right and RESO near zero — you are listening to the source alone.
3.Switch WAVE between SAW and SINE. Pitch stays; colour changes.
4.Say out loud: “This buzz is the source. Next I will shape it.”

You should hear…

A steady, buzzy tone on saw; a soft whistle on sine. No wah, no pluck — just the oscillator.

Doesn’t sound right?

Silence? Browsers need the POWER ON click first, and LEVEL can’t sit at zero.

Try it on your gear

Why it sounds like that

Subtractive synthesis starts bright and removes what you don’t want. Learning the raw tone first makes every later knob meaningful.

Hear an oscillator with nothing carving it yet.

Power on a saw wave with the filter wide open. This is the raw material every subtractive patch starts from.

Promise: “I can make a sound — and name the source.”

Experiment #01

Hear an oscillator with nothing carving it yet.

1.Press POWER ON, then hold a key (or tap HOLD).
2.Leave CUTOFF fully right and RESO near zero — you are listening to the source alone.
3.Switch WAVE between SAW and SINE. Pitch stays; colour changes.
4.Say out loud: “This buzz is the source. Next I will shape it.”

You should hear…

A steady, buzzy tone on saw; a soft whistle on sine. No wah, no pluck — just the oscillator.

Doesn’t sound right?

Silence? Browsers need the POWER ON click first, and LEVEL can’t sit at zero.

Try it on your gear

Subtractive synthesis starts bright and removes what you don’t want. Learning the raw tone first makes every later knob meaningful.