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Chapter 14 Ultrabeat 343
Basic waveform characteristics
The table provides an overview of the tonal qualities of each basic waveform.
Waveform Basic tone Comments
Rectangular Nasal sounding Great for reed instruments, synth
blips, basses
Square Hollow and woody sounding Useful for basses, clarinets,
and oboes. The pulse width
of (oscillator 2 and 3) square
waveforms can be smoothly scaled
between 50% and the thinnest of
pulses.
Sawtooth Warm and even Useful for strings, pads, bass, and
brass sounds
Triangle Sweet sounding, softer than
sawtooth
Useful for utes, pads
Sine A pure tone
The sine wave of oscillator 1
can be frequency-modulated by
oscillator 2. This kind of frequency
modulation forms the basis of
FM synthesis.
Use Ultrabeat oscillator 2 sample mode
In sample mode, oscillator 2 uses an audio le as a sound source.
Max and Min sliders Playback Direction button
Layer sliders
Sample Name display
Sample mode parameters
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Sample Name display: Use to load and unload samples or to display the loaded sample in the
Finder. Click the arrow in the upper-left corner of the waveform display to open.
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Max/Min sliders: Move to set the start point of the sample—depending on the dynamics
(incoming velocity level) of the performance.
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Min: Determines the start point of the sample at the minimum velocity level (velocity = 1).
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Max: Determines the start point of the sample at the maximum velocity level (velocity = 127).
Note: If Min and Max are set to the same value, velocity has no eect on the sample
start point.
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Playback Direction button: Changes the playback direction of the sample (forward or
backward).