Reference Manual

455 Live Instrument Reference
24.8.6 LFO
The LFO (low-frequency oscillator) section offers sine, square, triangle, sawtooth down, saw-
tooth up and random waveforms. The LFO run freely at frequencies between 0.01 and 30 Hz, or
sync to divisions of the Set’s tempo. LFOs are applied individually to each voice, or played note,
in Simpler.
The Key parameter scales each LFO’s Rate in proportion to the pitch of incoming notes. A high
Key setting assigns higher notes a higher LFO rate. If Key is set to zero, all voices’ LFOs have the
same rate and may just differ in their phase.
The LFO will modulate the filter, pitch, panorama and volume according to the setting of the LFO
amount controls in each of these sections.
The time required for the LFO to reach full intensity is determined by the Attack control.
24.8.7 Glide and Spread
Simpler includes a glide function. When this function is activated, new notes will start from the
pitch of the last note played and then slide gradually to their own pitch. Two glide modes are
available: Glide, which works monophonically, and Portamento, which works polyphonically.
Glide is also adjusted with the Glide Time control.
Simpler also offers a special Spread parameter that creates a rich stereo chorus by using two
voices per note and panning one to the left and one to the right. The two voices are detuned,
and the amount of detuning can be adjusted with the Spread control.
Tip: Whether or not spread is applied to a particular note depends upon the setting of the
Spread parameter during the note-on event. To achieve special effects, you could, for instance,
create a sequence where Spread is zero most of the time and turned on only for some notes.
These notes will then play in stereo, while the others will play mono.
24.8.8 Pitch, Pan, Volume and Voices
Simpler plays back a sample at its original pitch if the incoming MIDI note is C3, however the
Transpose control allows transposing this by +/- 48 semitones. Pitch can also be modulated by
an LFO or pitch envelope using the amount controls in this section. The pitch envelope is espe-
cially helpful in creating percussive sounds. Simpler reacts to MIDI Pitch Bend messages with a