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TOP PANEL FEATURES
WAVEFORM CONTROLS
The first four knobs to the left on top of your synth control the waveform and amplitude envelope of the
notes you play. These controls establish the basic sound of the synth.
1. WAVE SHAPE SELECT
Rotate clockwise to select Sine wave, Triangle wave, Sawtooth wave, or Square wave. These names
reflect the actual shape of the waveform as viewed on an oscilloscope. Note the little icons on the label,
and the figure below. Each wave shape has a distinctive sound. The Macchiato’s sine waveform has
no harmonics (overtones) added to it. What you hear is the fundamental: one pure, single frequency.
As you move around the dial, the waveforms add more and more harmonics (overtones), for a fuller,
richer more complex sound. The higher-order waveforms are more responsive to the filtering controls
(knobs 5-8) because they have more harmonics available to be filtered.
You will find each waveform has an octave in which it sounds best.
2.
SINE
SAWTOOTH
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
OCTAVE SELECT
Rotate clockwise to select the octave. The Macchiato will play through four octaves, from C2 (65.4
Hz) through C6 (1046 Hz). You can press and hold a note, and then change to a different octave. The
original note will continue to sound as a drone while you play a melody over it in another register. The
synth only has 2-note polyphony though: if you touch two keys simultaneously with your melody-hand,
you will lose your drone. See “Capacitive Touch Keyboard”, below.
You can access more notes by using a MIDI controller with your Macchiato. See MIDI IN, above.