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Arturia Microbrute User’s Manual 26
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The rate at which the oscillator oscillates creates the pitch. The oscillators in a
synthesizer are no different than ones found on electrical test equipment, except
that they can be put under VOLTAGE CONTROL. A music synthesizer allows you to
change the pitch of the oscillator by using a voltage. In the case of MicroBrute, the
keyboard, LFO, Envelope or external voltage source can be voltage control sources
that affect the pitch.
Signal Modifiers
Signal modifiers (or wave-shapers) transform, shape or distort the oscillator’s basic
signal to change their harmonic content. The MicroBrute provides three signal
enhancers:
The Ultrasaw builds two phase-shifted copies of the basic sawtooth signal.
These copies have independent and ever-evolving phase shifts with respect to each
other, and are eventually mixed with the sawtooth signal. This results in a lively, rich,
and thick ensemble effect. Figure 20. On the MicroBrute you can control the
Ultrasaw rate with the LFO, ENVELOPE or KEYBOARD CV OUT by patching it in the MOD
MATRIX.
Figure 20