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4.3.3. Mixable waveforms
There are three primary waveforms in VCOs 1 and 2 - sawtooth, square, and triangle.
Subjectively, sawtooth sounds the richest, square sounds more hollow, and triangle sounds
like a flute.
Each waveform knob has a signal enhancer above it. These make the waveform more
complex by combining slightly random, slightly time-shifted versions of it.
• Ultrasaw enhances the sawtooth wave by combining two slightly time-shifted
copies of it, resulting in a brighter, edgier sound.
• Pulse Width varies the lengths of the flat tops and bottoms of the square pulses -
the width - so it's sometimes a rectangle rather than a square, making the sound
more complex.
• Metalizer adds a hard edge to the triangle wave. The Metalizer is a type of wave
folder that adds harmonics to the original triangle wave.
4.3.4. VCO 3 - LFO 3
VCO 3 is a multifunction oscillator, designed to be used as a sound source or as a
modulation source. The Noise oscillator is next to it, and it can also be used as a modulation
source.
• Coarse adjusts the pitch ± 2 octaves in semitone steps. The light comes on when
it's centered, when you're up or down one octave, and when you reach two
octaves.
• Wave selects the waveform. Repeated button pushes go (from left to right)
between a reverse sawtooth, square, triangle, and sine wave. Each sounds
successively less buzzy, until you get to the pure sine wave.
• LFO Div divides the frequency by up to four (16, 32, 64, 128) when it's being used
as a modulator. This determines the LFO speed.
• Kbd Track, an on/off toggle. This will cause VCO 3 to follow the pitch of the
keyboard. It will also cause LFO 3 to speed up as you play up the keyboard.
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