Interesting.
Just a thought....
Does the VCF of a synth affect the oscillator waveform, even if it's left wide open?
....Like, on the Virus C, does a Saw with the Moog filter (low pass, but wide open) look any different to a Saw using the standard Virus filter (wide open), after it's been routed through the VCF?
Otherwise, if it's not the VCF, but an overall general "EQ" that's imprinted on the sound (via the inherent design of the circuitry, as a whole), how come there aren't Juno (or Pulse, Jupiter, TB, etc.) EQ plugins or the like (for VST, or similar), which sample that inherent EQ, so you can apply it to channels as an effect? ..
...Similarly like Steinberg's "FreeFilter" plugin, but with Juno, JP, etc., EQ-presets.
I can remember hearing a Juno's basic saw wave, and it sounded really, really thick and meaty, especially when doubled and detuned. The Virus' saw(s) were played next to it (along with other synths - it was a 'blind' test) and it sounded like a bumble bee in comparison ('analogue boost' notwithstanding). I was shocked!
All the square waves sounded really different, too. The Jupiter8's square sounded downright evil.
