Arturia ARP2600 V, User Manual

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The sinusoid is the purest of all. It is a single harmonic and produced a very “damped” sound. It
can be used to reinforce the low frequencies of a bass sound or as a frequency modulator in or-
der to create harmonics that don’t exist in the original waveforms.
PWM ( P ulse W idth M odulation) is a setting that allows you to modify the waveform cycle (or wave
length). This can be done manually with the help of a knob “ PW ” or by modulation (with an enve-
lope or LFO). This pulse width variation translates to a spectrum modification, resembling a wave-
form change.
The ARP2600 V waveforms on the oscillator2
The synchronization of an oscillator with another creates more complex waveforms. If for example,
you synchronize oscillator2 with oscillator1, oscillator2 will restart a new period every time the first
oscillator completes a period, even if oscillator2 has not completed a complete period (this signifies
that it is not tuned to the same tonality!) The more you tune oscillator2 upwards, the more you will
encounter composite waveforms.