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3rd Wave User Manual
Importing Wavetables into the “P” Set
There are two ways to do this:
• Use an audio recording application or DAW to create a total of 64
single-cycle waveforms that are 128 samples in length. A single-cycle
waveform is a waveform that repeats after 128 samples and ends at
sample 127 — near the same location where it started with sample 0.
You will need 64 of these 128 sample length single-cycle waveforms
arranged in a sequence. By using Audacity or other audio editing
application, you can arrange the single-cycle waves back to back and
save them as a .wav le. The more subtle the differences between each
of the 64 single cycle waveforms, the smoother they will sound as the
3rd Wave sweeps through them. (For an example, listen to wavetable
like P27 in the “P” set). In contrast, if you make each single-cycle
waveform very different from each other, you will get very dramatic
changes in timbre as the 3rd Wave sweeps through the wavetable. (For
an example, listen to “Upper” wavetable P30 or the VS wavetables P34
and P35 in the “P” set). Save your sequence of waveforms into a .wav
le and you can now import this .wav le to the 3rd Wave by copying
it to the 3rd Wave’s AUDIO directory. See the steps directly below to
import your .wav le to make your PPG format wavetable. Be aware
that you must import a .wav le that is exactly 8192 samples in length:
64 x 128 = 8192.
• Use an audio recording application or DAW to create a monophonic
.wav format audio le at any sample rate between 24 kHz to 96 kHz at
16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit resolution. You don’t need to create any single
cycle waveforms using this technique. The wavetable will still be
divided into individual segments every 128 samples and these will act
as the waveforms. As a result, since this is simply dividing up the audio
that has been provided, you will likely get discontinuities between the
beginning and ending of each 128 sample segment, since they will not
start and stop on the same sample. Make sure that you make a .wav le
that is 8192 samples in length. The 3rd Wave will convert this audio to
the correct sample rate and bit depth required for the “P” wavetable.
To import a “P” wavetable from a .wav le you have created:
1. Connect the 3rd Wave to your computer using a USB cable.
2. When the 3rd Wave appears on your desktop, double click its icon and
drag the desired .wav le into the 3rd Wave’s audio folder.
3. On the 3rd Wave, press the global button and use soft knob 1 to scroll
to the read wavemaker wave file command.
4. Turn soft knob 2 (go) clockwise. You will see the name of the .wav le.
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