I know that the architecture of the app's synths is rarely changed once they're released, but for a future update, I think it would be good to move the Audio Drive circuit to the end of the Pulverisateur's audio chain, right before the final master section (volume), so that it would also affect the combined signal of the oscillators plus audio input after the filter and amplitude envelope stages. This would expand the palette of possible sounds and would follow the architecture of many synths in which distortion/saturation, in addition to other effects, happens at the very end of the synth's signal chain.
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Thanks, I didn't notice the drive, yet :)
Wouldn't you get the same result by adding a waveshaper or tube distortion to the Pulv's output and disable drive on the input? I know that an integrated function would be nice but it'll be hard to implement (visually).
I withdraw the visual objection.
Yes, one can just add distortion afterwards with a pedal. But I think (I'm not sure) that the Pulverisateur's audio input drive has a different colour/character than the Tube or the Waveshaper, therefore it would just offer another sonic possibility integrated into the synth, maybe even tailored to it instead of a general purpose separate distortion device. Again, this is a low priority idea and subject to debate.
We currently tend to postpone all changes that have a visual impact on the devices.