6. The Instruments: The Synth section
Nord Stage v3.1x
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W
AVES
IN
THE
A
NALOG
CATEGORY
The Analog category has ten waveforms to choose from, summarized in the chart below.
When you change waveform, the name of the currently selected waveform is shown briefly in the
M
AIN
D
ISPLAY
.
S
AWTOOTH
The sawtooth wave contains all harmonics and is the richest of the available waveforms. It is suitable
for all sorts of sounds.
The
T
IMBRE
knob does not have any effect on the sawtooth wave.
Wave display
Waveform
Explanation
S
Sawtooth
A plain sawtooth oscillator
Sd
Sawtooth detuned
Two sawtooth oscillators with adjustable relative
pitch (Timbre knob) and detune (Unison knob)
S\
Sawtooth synced
A sawtooth oscillator with adjustable pitch offset,
hard-synced by a second oscillator.
P
Pulse
One pulse oscillator
with variable pulse width.
PF
Pulse fixed time
One pulse oscillator with adjustable pulse width.
The pulse width is constant over the keyboard.
P\
Pulse synced
A pulse oscillator with adjustable pitch offset,
hard-synced by a second oscillator.
t
Triangle
A plain triangle wave oscillator.
t\
Triangle synced
A triangle oscillator with adjustable pitch offset,
hard-synced by a second oscillator.
C\
Cos synced
A cosine oscillator with adjustable pitch offset,
hard-synced by a second oscillator.
n
Noise
A white noise generator.
The sawtooth signal shape
The sawtooth signal frequency spectrum