Specifications

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Program Mode
The Program Editor
3 Block:
PWM(PulseWidthModulation)[Anti‐Aliased(recommended)]
Sameas2BlockPWM,Seeabove.
4 Block:
SYNCSAW
SyncSawconsistsoftwosawwaves,onethatyouhear(theslave)andonethatcontrolstheslave
(themaster.)Thisoscillator’sdistinctiveparameterisSyncOff,whichcontrolstheoffsetofthe
slaveandmasterwaves.WithSyncOff setto0,themasterhasnoeffectonthe
slave.Whenan
offsetisset,theslaverestartsitswavecycleeverytimethemasterwavecompletesacycle.
Offsetscausetheslavetorestartitscycleinthemiddleofnormalsawtoothcycles,whichcauses
theslave’swaveformshapeandsoundtobe altered.
SUPERSAW
TheSuperSawoscillator
consistsoftwosawwaves.Thisoscillator’sdistinctiveparameteris
Detune,whichhassettingsfrom0‐50cents,allowingyoutodetunebothofthesawwavesbyup
to50centsawayfromtherootpitchofthekeyplayed.Detuneaffectsboth sawwaves,oneis
detunedabove
theoriginalrootpitch,andtheotherisdetunedbelowtheoriginalrootpitch.
TRIPLESAW
TheTripleSawoscillatorconsistsofthreesawwaves.Thisoscillator’sdistinctiveparameteris
Detune,whichhassettingsfrom0‐50cents,allowingyoutodetunetwoofthesawwavesbyup
to50cents
awayfromtherootpitchofthekeyplayed.Detuneaffectstwoofthesawwaves,one
isdetunedabovetheoriginalrootpitch,andtheotherisdetunedbelowtheoriginalrootpitch.
ThethirdsawwavealwaysplaystherootpitchandisnotaffectedbyDetune.
8 Block:
SYNCSQUARE(master)>>,>>SYNCSQUARE(slave)
Seeabove,SettingUpTheSyncSquareOscillator: on page 6‐55.
Use Of Keymaps and Natural Amplitude Envelopes With KVA Oscillators:
KeymapsareimportantinlayersusingKVAoscillators,eventhoughtheirsamplesarenot
usuallyheardintheselayers(seethenotebelowforexceptions.)Keymapselectionisimportant
becausethemaximumamplitudesetforeachkeyinthekeymapisappliedtotheoscillator.For
mostusesofKVAoscillators,
userswillwanttousethe999Silencekeymapbecauseeachkeyin
thekeymapissettothe samemaximum amplitude,unlikemanyinstrumentkeymaps.The999
Silencekeymapensuresuniformamplitudebehaviorofanoscillator,andwiththeamplitude
envelopesettousermode,userscaneasilyshape
allaspectsofanoscillator’samplitude.The
PC3LEalsohastheabilitytoapplynaturalamplitudeenvelopestooscillators.Withan
amplitudeenvelopesettonaturalmode,eachoscillatornotetakesontheamplitudequalitiesof
eachsampleinakeymap(witheachnoterelativetosamplekeyplacement.)Eachsample
ina
keymaphasanaturalenvelopethatwascreatedduringit’soriginaldevelopmentprocess.
Naturalenvelopeshavemuchmoredetailthanwhatispossibletocreatewiththeuser
amplitudeenvelope,andtheyareusefulwhentryingtomimicspecificins trumentamplitude
envelopes.Whenusingthis technique,rememberthat
themaximumamplitudeofeachkeyis
setbythecurrentkeymap.Youcanstillcontroltheoverallparametersofanaturalenvelopeby
usingtheENVCTLpage.Seetheprograms213Perc>Morph>Bass&315ElectroPercSynthfor
examplesofKVAlayersthatusethistechnique.Eachprogram usespercussionkeymapswith

naturalenvelopestoproduceafast,percussiveattack.AlsonotethatwhenusingaKVA
oscillatorandakeymapotherthan999Silence,thelayerwillusethenameofthekeymapinthe
infoboxonthemainProgrampage,eventhoughitisnotthetruesoundsource
ofthelayer.
Note:Thesamplesfromakeymaparenotheardwhenusinganoscillator,unlessanalgorithmisusedto
routethekeymapsignalaroundtheoscillatorandintoaMIXfunctionblock,orunlessitisanoscillator
thatprocessesitsaudioinput.