WAVE contains essential Oscillator parameters, like Wavetable/Soundsource selection or tuning, and others that are presented depending on the Oscillator Mode, like Start (Sample Mode only) or Hard Sync (Synth Mode only). These are the essential controls, and apply to both modes:
TRANSPOSE
TRANSPOSE works like MIDI transposition and pitch changes are made in semitones. Changes in pitch don’t affect the sound quality of the Oscillator. This control is most often used to set the Oscillators at different semitone values, such as octaves or other intervals. TRANSPOSE offers the best available sound quality, but it is not modulatable.
Range -24 semitones to +24 semitones
COARSE
The COARSE control operates in a similar way to FINE, but with a much larger range. Unlike TRANSPOSE, using COARSE does affect the sound quality of the Oscillator, but it is a modulatable control. COARSE is useful for wide-range pitch modulation FX.
Range -4800 cents to +4800 cents
FINE
The FINE control is the most precise, changing the Pitch in 1 cent increments. The most common use of a Fine Pitch Control is to detune the Oscillators a small amount (less that 15 cents) from each other, causing them to sound richer.
Range -100 cents to +100 cents
TRACKING
If the TRACKING (also known as Keyboard Tracking) switch is enabled, the pitch of the Oscillator will track the keyboard, meaning the Root Pitch will be changed with each key. When TRACKING is disabled, the Oscillator will not track the keyboard.
If a Soundsource is loaded, depending on the map, some keys may have static pitches.
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Single Sample |
All of the keys will play the same pitch |
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Multi-Sample |
The range of each sample will have the same pitch. For example, if there is a different sample mapped to each octave, then each octave will only play a single pitch. |
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Chromatic Sample |
Since every key has a sample, there is no apparent change when Keyboard Tracking is disabled. |
Disabling Keyboard Tracking can be useful for drones, unusual sound effect or strange tonal combinations.
Clicking on the COARSE button toggles between COARSE Pitch and HARD SYNC and is only available on SYNTH mode.
When HARD SYNC is selected, any COARSE Pitch modulations will be changed in the Mod Matrix to Hard Sync for that Layer only. Re-selecting COARSE changes the modulations back.
SAMPLE OSC/ SYNTH OSC
Choose the Oscillator Mode by clicking on the name or on the downward triangle and choosing from the pop-up. This will determine whether the Layer can load a Soundsource (SAMPLE) or will utilize a DSP Wavetable (SYNTH).
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