Oscillators on synths

Hi

So I received my OP-1 today and i'm currently reading a book on sound design (Rick Snowman's Dance Music Manual).

Do we know what oscillators are in each synth? Sine, Saw, Triangle etc?

The book talks a lot about mixing these waves to produce different sounds, and it would be great try on the OP-1. For now, im just experimenting and having fun, but it would be good to know what goes on 'under the hood'.

Thanks

JC

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That book sounds like it’s probably referring to analog synths, which the OP-1 isn’t(it’s all DSP inside) but I do believe the “cluster” engine is based on the idea of multiple saw waves together and the “pulse” engine is a pulse-width(square wave) maybe some other operators here know more about what the various engines are based on

On D-Synth you can morph from Triangle to Pulse on two oscillators…

http://op-101.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/hello-op-101.html

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