Try out various settings of the
Ultrasaw
knobs
Now let's compare the various waveforms available.
Turn down the
Sawtooth
slider and turn up the
Square
slider. Play the keyboard,
and you’ll hear a hollow, clarinet-like sound. Now turn the Pulse Width knob
clockwise as shown below. As you turn up the knob, the sound becomes slightly
harsher and “nasal,” like a reed instrument.
Try out various settings of the
Pulse Width
knob
Turn down the
Square
slider and turn up the
Triangle
slider. The
Triangle
waveform is
very basic, with few harmonics. Now turn the
Metalizer
knob clockwise as shown
below. As you turn up the knob, the sound becomes richer by adding more
partials, and evokes metallic sounds like metal plates or metal strings. The sound
acquires a clangorous nature, but remains in tune.
Try out various settings of the
Metalizer
knob
Next, let's control the harmonic content of these basic pitched waveforms by using
the filter.
Return to our initialized sound as shown at the start of this chapter, then tweak the
Cutoff
knob. As you turn it down (counter-clockwise), the bright
Sawtooth
sound
loses more and more of its higher partials and becomes “darker” and warmer.
Next, increase (turn clockwise) the amount of Resonance and tweak the
Cutoff
knob. The increased resonance gives more “edge” to the sound and with a
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