Plug-in Reference

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The Included VST Instruments
Prologue
OSC 1 Parameters
Oscillator 1 acts as a master oscillator. It determines the base pitch for all three
oscillators. Oscillator 1 features the following parameters:
OSC 2 Parameters
Oscillator 2 has the following parameters:
Parameter Description
Osc 1
(0–100)
This controls the output level of the oscillator.
Coarse
(±48
semitones)
This determines the base pitch used by all oscillators.
Fine
(±50 cent)
Fine tunes the oscillator pitch in cent increments (100th of a
semitone). This also affects all oscillators.
Wave Mod
(±50)
This parameter is only active if the Wave Mod button is activated
beside the waveform selection box. Wave modulation works by
adding a phase-shifted copy of the oscillator output to itself, which
produces waveform variations. For example if a sawtooth waveform is
used, activating WM produces a pulse waveform. By modulating the
WM parameter with for example an LFO, classic PWM (pulse width
modulation) is produced. However, wave modulation can be applied
to any waveform.
Phase button
(On/Off)
When Phase synchronization is activated, all oscillators restart their
waveform cycles with every note played. With Phase deactivated, the
oscillators generate a waveform cycle continuously, which produces
slight variations when playing as each note starts from a random
phase in the cycle, adding warmth to the sound. But when
synthesizing bass sounds or drum sounds, it is often required that the
attack of every note played sounds the same, so for these purposes
activate Phase sync. Phase sync also affects the noise generator.
Tracking button
(On/Off)
When Tracking is activated, the oscillator pitch tracks the notes
played on the keyboard. If Tracking is deactivated, the oscillator pitch
remains constant, regardless of what note is played.
Wave Mod button
(On/Off)
This switches wave modulation on or off.
Waveform pop-up
menu (see
“Selecting
Waveforms” on
page 187)
Sets the basic waveform for the oscillator.
Parameter Description
Osc 2
(0–100)
This controls the output level of the oscillator.
Coarse
(±48
semitones)
This determines the coarse pitch for Osc 2. If FM is enabled, this
determines frequency ratio of the oscillator regarding Osc 1.
Fine
(±50 cent)
Fine tunes the oscillator pitch in cent increments (100th of a
semitone). If FM is enabled, this determines the frequency ratio of the
oscillator regarding Osc 1.