Behringer WAVE - Tuning Menu

24 WAVE User Manual
Tuning Menu
The Tuning Menu allows individual voices to be detuned, which can be used to provide
interesting eects, especially in monophonic or duophonic modes. Parameters are
navigated using the left and right cursor controls on the numeric keypad
(28)
.
Left to right / top row:
PROG – shows current program number, which can be changed in this menu
DETU – indicates detuning between the sub-oscillator and the main oscillator.
There are ten settings:
0 – no detuning.
1 – slight detuning.
2 – increased detuning.
3 – obvious detuning.
4 – strong detuning.
5 – detuned by ve semitones up.
6 – detuned by one octave up.
7 – detuned by two octaves up.
8 – detuned by one octave down.
9 – detuned by two octaves down.
MO – switches pitch modulation of the main oscillator. 0 is o, 1 is on.
MS – switches pitch modulation of the sub-oscillator. 0 is o, 1 is on.
EO – switches pitch modulation of the main oscillator by envelope generator 3:
0 – o. 
1 – on
2-9 – enable a portamento eect with increasing glide time
ES – switches pitch modulation of the sub-oscillator by envelope generator 3. 0
is o, 1 is on.
BI – sets the range of the bend wheel. There are six settings:
0 – two semitones.
1 – major third (four semitones).
2 – fth (seven semitones).
3 – octave (12 semitones).
4 – two octaves (24 semitones).
5 – one octave (12 semitones) in semitone steps.
Left to right / bottom row:
GROUP – indicates whether the display is showing settings for Group A or Group B.
Switched with Group button
(33)
SEMIT – each of the eight voices can be detuned upwards, with the detuning
indicated on the display. Values can either be entered for each voice using
the numeric keypad
(28)
or by using the keyboard. 0 indicates that there is no
detuning and is represented on the keyboard by the bottom C key. The largest
possible detuning is 63 semitones when entered manually, or 48 when entered
from the keyboard using the top C key. The octave buttons
(41)
have no eect in
this instance.
The cursor will automatically move to the next voice when a key is pressed, but it
is possible to navigate forward or back using the cursor controls on the numeric
keypad
(28)
, which is necessary when entering values manually.
It should also be noted that excessive SEMIT detuning can take higher notes out
of the Wave's note range; and that therefore some notes will not sound when
played, so care should be taken when using this function.
A good use of SEMIT detuning, which is found in many of the Wave presets, is to
place the group B sound in a dierent octave to those of group A when layering,
for example using keyboard mode 1. Group A is left as normal, group B tuned two
octaves higher.
Another example would be to allow the detuning of group A voices against group
B voices when using split keyboard modes, as in the following example:
In the program menu set the keyboard mode to 4 (Quad A/B) and a keyboard
split point of your choice. This means that the odd numbered voices are assigned
to the group A sound and the even to group B. In the Tuning menu set the SEMIT
value of each odd numbered voice to 24, as shown below:
The upper keyboard (group A) notes will sound two octaves higher than those of
the lower keyboard (group B); and the sub-oscillator will be noticeably detuned
from the main in both groups.