Sound Parameters – Oscillators
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Organ sounds often include a fifth, therefore one oscillator's semitone parameter must be set to
+7
.
Lead and Solo sounds might sound interesting when you set one Oscillator to e.g. a quart (+5
semitones).
When making ring modulated or FM sounds, try to use disharmonic values, e.g.
+6
or
+8
.
Detune
-64…+63
Fine-tunes the oscillator in steps of 1/128th of a semitone. The audible result of detuned oscillators is
a Chorus or Flanger effect. Use a positive setting for one oscillator and an equivalent negative setting
for another.
A low value of
±1
results in a slow and soft Flanger effect.
Mid-ranged settings of
±5
are perfect for pads and other fat sounding programs.
High values of
±12
or above will give a strong detune that can be used for accordions or effect
sounds.
FM
0…127
Sets the amount of frequency modulation that is applied to the oscillator by the selected source. The
sound will get more metallic and sometimes even drift out of tune, especially if Oscillator 2 is used as
FM Source for Oscillator 3 and Sync is activated. To avoid unusable detune, use a triangular or sine
waveform for the FM Source.
If you want to bias the
FM
over the keyboard so that higher notes aren’t modulated as strong as
lower notes, use the
Standard Modulation Matrix
and apply
Keytrack
to the respective
oscillator FM with a negative amount.
To change the amount of
FM
dynamically, use the
Fast Modulation Matrix
or
Standard
Modulation Matrix
to apply an
Envelope
or an
LFO
to the respective oscillator FM with
positive amount.
FM Source
see Table “FM Sources” on page 57
Selects the source for the frequency modulation.
You can create nice E-Piano sounds when you use a high pitched oscillator as
FM Source
and
set its
Keytrack
to a value between
+000%
and
+050%
.
Very interesting is the use of
Noise
as
FM Source
on a high pitched oscillator playing a sine or
triangle waveform. With low
FM
amount, the oscillator starts to sound dirty or airy while
higher amounts create a coloured noise similar to a filter with high resonance. The nice thing is
that the filters are then still free for other purposes.
Shape
Pulse / Saw / Tri / Sine / Alt1 / Alt2
Sets the type of waveform to be generated by the Oscillator. The parameter is called
Shape
instead of
“waveform”, because it doesn’t necessarily set only one waveform, but sets a specific oscillator model
that could produce a number of waveforms depending on other settings. A good example for this
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