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Nord Wave User Manual OS V1.00
Pulse
The default Pulse
waveform is avail-
able to
Osc1
and
Osc2
and has a
hollow character
with only odd
harmonics, but can drastically change
as the with of the pulse is altered.
The
•
shaPe
knob is used for chang-
ing the pulse with from 50% to 1%.
The image above shows the Pulse
waveform at 50% width. Only odd
harmonics are present.
The image above shows the Pulse
waveform at 10% pulse width. Now,
also even harmonics are gradually
introduced making the sound “sharper”
but also “thinner”.
The image above shows the Pulse
waveform at 1% pulse width. The
narrower the pulse width, the more
harmonics are introduced.
If you modulate the Shape value
F
using an LFO, you can get very
nice “synthesized strings”.
If
•
OsciLLatOr sYnc
is activated,
the
shaPe
knob is used for control-
ling the pitch of the Sync Oscillator.
The pulse width is locked at 33%.
Sawtooth
The Sawtooth
waveform is avail-
able to
Osc1
and
Osc2
and pro-
duces a very rich
sound containing
all harmonics.
The image above shows the default
Sawtooth waveform containing all
harmonics.
The
•
shaPe
parameter has normally
no function.
If
•
OsciLLatOr sYnc
is activated,
the
shaPe
knob is used for control-
ling the pitch of the Sync Oscillator.
Triangle
The Triangle
waveforms is
available to
Osc1
and
Osc2
and
has only odd and
not very strong harmonics.
The image above shows the Triangle
waveform.
The
•
shaPe
parameter has normally
no function.
If
•
OsciLLatOr sYnc
is activated,
the
shaPe
knob is used for control-
ling the pitch of the Sync Oscillator.
Wavetable
Wavetables
(
Wave
) are avail-
able to
Osc1
and
are single cycle
sampled wave-
forms that provides rich and interesting
timbres of various tonal characteristics.
There are 32 Wavetables available.
Use the
•
Led
-dial to select Wavet-
able. The name of the selected
Wavetable is briefly shown in the
Lcd
window.
The
•
shaPe
parameter has no func-
tion.
Sample Instruments
Sample Instru-
ments (
sMPL
) is
available to
Osc2
and holds up to
99 Sample Instru-
ments contain-
ing key-layered
samples (re-
corded audio data) stored in the Flash
memory area.
A large selection of high quality
samples are installed when shipped
from the factory, and even more can
be downloaded free of charge from the
Clavia web site.
Use the
•
Led
-dial to select Sample
Instrument. The name of the se-
lected Sample Instrument is shown
in the
Lcd WindOW
.
A flashing
F
--
character in the
Led
disPLaY
indicates that no Sample
Instruments are available in the
Flash area.
There is a special
Osc2
only, amplitude
decay envelope available in Sample
Instrument mode. Use the
shaPe2/
dec
knob to control the decay time of
the
Osc2
amplitude envelope.
When the
•
skiP sMPL attack
(
shift
+ Waveform Selector button) is
activated, playback will start at an
alternative startpoint, skipping the
attack part of the sound.
Sampled waves
Sampled waves
(
saMP
) are avail-
able to
Osc2
and are similar
to wavetables,
but are made out
of recodings of
acoustic instruments and still have the
attack section of the sample present.
Single cycle loop
Attack section
The image above shows the structure
of a sampled wave.
Use the
•
Led
-dial to select sampled
wave.
The
•
shaPe
parameter has no func-
tion.
Oscillator Waveform Types
Oscillators are used for generating various kinds of waveforms; these waveforms are the foundation or starting block of your sound.
