User Manual

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WaveScan mode
This mode oers all of the same waveforms found in Single mode, but then allows you to select up to
eight of them in a Wavelist. WaveScan will morph gradually between the positions in the Wavelist, using
an LFO or some other source through the Mod Matrix.
We’ll list the parameters rst and describe them in detail later. Some are also present in Single mode:
Page Control Parameter Range Description
1 1 Mode Single, WaveScan Select the oscillator mode.
1 2 Semi +/- 36 semitones Coarse tuning of oscillator pitch [1]
1 3 WaveScan 1.0 to 8.0 in steps of 0.1 Select the starting position of the
WaveScan. [2]
1 4 Cents +/- 50 cents Fine tuning of oscillator pitch
2 1 Wavelist Edit... (access) Press Control button 2 to access the list.
(See Wavelist Edit page below.)
2 3 Keytrack 0-200% Sets keyboard pitch tracking. [3]
[1] Use [SHIFT] to jump by 12 semitones.
[2] Hold [SHIFT] to jump by whole numbers. An intermediate value morphs between two waveforms, as
seen in the Left display.
[3] 0 = xed pitch; at 200% a 1-octave dierence on the keyboard changes the pitch by 2 octaves.
Default = 100%.
Wavelist Edit page
This lower-level page lets you pick a waveform for
each of the 8 WAV locations. Options include OFF,
Silence, and any one of the 219 waveforms.
The eight WAV slots correspond to the x.0
positions of the WaveScan parameter on page
1 of the upper level: WAV 1 = position 1.0, WAV
2 = position 2.0, etc. A WaveScan value of 1.5,
for example, is derived by “morphing” halfway
between WAV 1 and WAV 2.
Two additional features make waveform selection
and auditioning very easy:
• Press the corresponding Control button to solo
that WAV position. The dot next to the Control
button will ash slowly to indicate the wave
being auditioned.
• Hold [SHIFT] and turn a Control knob to
change that waveform and all that follow it.
For example,
• Hold [SHIFT] and turn Control knob 3.
• As WAV 3 selects waveform X, WAV 4
selects waveform X+1, WAV 5 selects
waveform X+2, etc.
When a WAV is set to OFF, any WAV after it is treated as if it were located in an earlier position.
For example, if WAV 7 = OFF but WAV 8 = Pulse4, the Hydrasynth handles Pulse4 as if it were
WAV 7.
Oscillator 3
Oscillator 3 operates in Single mode only, so it does not have the Mode select option in edit eld 1. See
the description of Single mode in Oscillators 1 and 2 (p. 24).
While creating a patch it can be useful to solo an oscillator to see what it is contributing to the
sound. This feature is located on the first page of The Mixer Module (p. 31). Ring & Noise can
also be soloed.