Oscillator lineup
o.1 Scan: wavetable scanning
o.2 Syng: formant resonance
o.3 Fume: wavetable FM

Parameter manual
p.1 Parameters
p.2 Modulation Modes
p.3 Multi-Parameters Cheatsheet
p.3-1 about modulation-amount parameters
p.3-2 Re-trigger mode and no-init
p.3-3 BPM and *X/Y parameter
p.3-4 Range of mod sequencer

Parameters

Shape knob: controls the default morphing parameter, unless the modulation mode specify otherwise.

Shift-Shape: controls the unison detune, unless specified otherwise.
Unison is off at noon(45~55%). Lower or higher values (towards 0% or 100%) both increase detune, the difference is higher side (55 ~ 100%) turns on note-on re-sync of oscillators’ phase, lower side (45 ~ 0%) keeps them free-running.

Multi-1 (Mode/Algo): a combined parameter for [modulation modes] and variations of synth algorithm. It cycles through the algos before increment to the next mode, then repeats the algos again for the next mode, etc.

Example: for oscillators with five algos like Fume and Syng, value 1 to 5 all use mode-1 (ADSR), 6 to 10 use mode-2 (AD+LFO); 1 and 6 both use algo-1, 2 and 7 both use algo-2, etc.

Multi-2 to Multi-5: These five multi engine parameters don’t have a fixed role. They are assigned to different parameters according to the current mode selected by Multi-1 (Mode/Algo). listed in the [cheatsheet].

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Modulation Modes

1.ADSR envelope
2.AD + LFO dual-source
3.Multi-dest AD
4.Multi-dest AD re-trigger mode
5.Multi-dest AD re-trigger mode, no initial trigger
6.Multi-dest polyphonic wavetable LFO
7.Multi-dest wavetable one-shot LFO
8.Multi-dest wavetable one-shot LFO re-trigger mode
9.Multi-dest wavetable one-shot LFO re-trigger mode, no-init
10.Polyphonic Mod Sequencer with BPM (4-stage)
11.Polyphonic Mod Sequencer with BPM (3-stage) +W
12.Wavetable LFO with BPM +W
13.Keytrack + Wavetable LFO dual-source +W
14.Keytrack + AR envelope dual-source +W
15.Keytrack + AD envelope dual-source +W
16.ADS envelope +W
17.AHD envelope +W
18.Multi-dest Decay envelope +W
19.Multi-dest Decay envelope +W re-trigger mode
20.Multi-dest Decay envelope +W re-trigger mode, no-init

*Scan only uses 1 to 10 on this list.
*+W modes enables switchable oscillator waveform.
Please refer to the [cheatsheet] for multi-engine parameters of each mode.

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Multi-Parameters Cheatsheet

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About modulation-amount parameters

Modulation amount parameters with bi-polar range (currently all of them,) are mapped a bit unintuitively. Since first, there’s a issue on the ‘logues that prevents us from using bipolar range, so we have to compress them to half; second, multi engine parameters always default to the lowest value, if we simply map 0 ~ 100% to -100 ~ 100%, they’ll be always initialized to -100%, which is undesirable. ††††††

As a work-around parameter values 0 ~ 50% on panel screen is actually 0 ~ 100% for the engine, 51 ~ 100% on panel screen is actually -2 ~ -100% for the engine.

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Re-trigger mode and no-init

Re-trigger mode detects value changes made to the Shape knob. Every time you move the knob, a event signal is sent to re-trigger the envelope or LFO, forcing them to start over.

No-Init (no-initial trigger) mode is the same as re-trigger mode, but omits the initial trigger created by note-on event, when the engine receives note-on (a note is played), the envelope or LFO is not triggered, until you move the Shape knob.

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BPM and *X/Y parameter

For the BPM parameter, values 0 ~ 100% on panel screen represent BPM 100 ~ 200.

The *X/Y parameter modifies the base time derived from BPM, the two digits of this decimal value are split into a multiplication factor and a division factor.
For example, a beat in 120 BPM is 500 ms, if the *X/Y parameter is set to “34”, this duration is multiplied by 3 and divided by 4, resulting a duration of 375 ms.
Also note that zero is treated as “0.5” in calculation. For 120 BPM with *X/Y parameter set to “9,” the duration becomes 500 * 0.5 / 9 = 27 ms.

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Range of mod sequencer

To keep the Shape knob expressive, first stage of the sequence is preset to 0% and merged with Shape control, with later sequence stages providing full range -100 ~ 100% bipolar modulation. In other words, the Shape knob acts normally as base center of modulation, and the sequence will always start from current Shape value.

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Scan

wavetable scanning oscillator

Scan uses the same onboard digital waveforms as heard on the official Waves custom oscillator, but instead of selecting single cycles waves, they are smoothly morphed between in classic wave-scanning algorithm. There are 10 banks to choose from, 1 to 6 correspond to banks A to F in the SDK, 7 to 10 are Bank A and Bank C split in half.

Please refer to the [parameters section] and [cheatsheet] for description of parameters.

Features
10 wavetable banks, each consists of 7~16 single cycles
4x oversampled engine
Two unison oscillators per voice

10 modulation modes, including:
ADSR envelope
AD + LFO dual-source
multi-destination AD envelope with re-trigger mode
multi-destination wavetable LFO with one-shot / re-trigger mode
Mod sequencer with BPM control

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Syng

formant resonance oscillator

Syng synthesizes the fixed frequency resonance responsible for human vocal formants. It has 101 base waveforms and five variations in the algorithm to create dramatically different characters, manually sweep the resonance frequency with Shape knob or create complex movement with modulation mode of your choice.

Please refer to the [parameters section] and [cheatsheet] for description of parameters.

Features
5 variations of resonance characters
101 base waveforms selection
4x oversampled engine
Two unison oscillators per voice

20 modulation modes, including:
ADSR / AHD / ADS envelope
AD + LFO dual-source
multi-destination AD envelope with re-trigger mode
multi-destination wavetable LFO with one-shot / re-trigger mode
Mod sequencer with BPM control
Wavetable LFO with BPM control
Keytrack + AD / AR / wavetable LFO

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Fume

2-op wavetable FM oscillator

Fume utilises the classic 2-op FM(PM) algorithm but extends Carrior waveform from sine wave to 100 digital waveforms, and the modulation options from simple envelope to fancy stuffs like wavetable LFO, mod sequencer and envelope re-trigger.

Please refer to the [parameters section] and [cheatsheet] for description of parameters.

Features
FM modulator frequency ratio 1x to 5x
101 base waveforms selection
4x oversampled engine
Two unison oscillators per voice

20 modulation modes, including:
ADSR / AHD / ADS envelope
AD + LFO dual-source
multi-destination AD envelope with re-trigger mode
multi-destination wavetable LFO with one-shot / re-trigger mode
Mod sequencer with BPM control
Wavetable LFO with BPM control
Keytrack + AD / AR / wavetable LFO

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