Reference Manual

406 Live Instrument Reference
24.5.7 Individual Outputs
When a new instance of Impulse is dragged into a track, its signal will be mixed with those of the
other instruments and effects feeding the audio chain of the track. It can oftentimes make more
sense to isolate the instrument or one of its individual drum samples, and send this signal to a
separate track. Please see the Routing chapter (page 186) to learn how to accomplish this for
Impulse’s overall signal or for Impulse’s individual sample slots.
24.6 Operator
The Operator Instrument.
Operator is an advanced and flexible synthesizer that combines the concept of “frequency
modulation“ (FM) with classic subtractive and additive synthesis. It utilizes four multi-waveform
oscillators that can modulate each other’s frequencies, creating very complex timbres from a lim-
ited number of objects. Operator includes a filter section, an LFO and global controls, as well as
individual envelopes for the oscillators, filter, LFO and pitch.
With the release of Live 8, Operator has been dramatically overhauled with powerful new fea-
tures. Despite this, the interface is mostly unchanged, and presets and Sets that were made with
earlier versions of Operator are fully compatible with this update.
The full version of Operator is not included with the standard version of Live, but is a special
feature available for purchase separately.
24.6.1 General Overview
The interface of Operator consists of two parts: the display surrounded on either side by the
shell. The shell offers the most important parameters in a single view and is divided into eight