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LFO, Low Frequency Oscillator
The LFO provides a sub-audio signal for modulation purposes. It is used to achieve periodic modulations
like sweeps, vibrato effects or arpeggios.
RATE determines the frequency of the LFO and is indicated by the LED
WAVEFORM SELECTOR provides seven different waveforms.
The patch-section offers some more LFO functions:
The GATE SOURCE SELECTOR switch enables the LFO to start at a zero-crossing and thus to sync
the LFO to MIDI/GATE 1, MIDI/GATE 2 or to an external signal patched to the EXT GATE socket.
Additional sockets allow the modulation of RATE and LEVEL and provide the LFO-OUTPUT.
Some interesting results can be achieved when the LFO OUTPUT is fed back to the EXT GATE input socket.
RATE
60 seconds (0.016 Hz) to 16 milliseconds (62 Hz)
Waveforms
Sample&Hold random (3 speeds), triangle, sawtooth (double rate),
inverted sawtooth (double rate), square, all waveforms ± 5 Volts
FM
Frequency modulation input, 1 Volt/octave
LEVEL
Amplitude modulation input, 0 dB gain @ 5 Volts CV
EXT GATE
Synchronization to external signal (1V threshold)
or ”Gate1/Gate 2”
LFO RATE
60 seconds to 16 milliseconds
(0.016Hz to 62.5Hz)
RANDOM
SQUARE
GATE SOURCE SELECTOR
MIDI GATE1/--/GATE2
LFO OUTPUT
EXTERNAL GATE INPUT
RATE CONTROL INPUT
AMPLITUDE CONTROL INPUT
WAVEFORM
SELECTOR
RANDOM
SLEW RATE 1
RANDOM
SLEW RATE 2
TRIANGLE
INVERTED
SAW TOOTH
SAW TOOTH