Waldorf Pulse 2 - Manual (Page 51)

Sound Synthesis Basics
51 Pulse 2 User Manual
The Triangle Wave
The Triangle Wave is very similar to the square wave. It
is composed of the same harmonics as the square wave,
but with different magnitude ratios. The magnitude of
each harmonic is divided by the power of its number.
This means that the third harmonic’s magnitude is a
ninth, the fifth harmonic is a twenty-fifth and so on. The
following illustration shows the harmonic content:
Additive components of the Triangle wave
The reason why the triangle wave is so popular in clas-
sic synthesizers: It could act as a suboscillator wave, to
emphasize certain frequencies or to frequency modulate
other oscillators.
1 3 5 7 9
Frequency
Magnitude
Time
Amplitude
+
=
1st Harmonic
Magnitude 1
5th Harmonic
Magnitude 1/25
7th Harmonic
Magnitude 1/49
Harmonics
+
+
+
.
.
11 13 15
3rd Harmonic
Magnitude 1/9