Detune
This big knob controls the tuning of each selected oscillator type. It is
mapped out so that it will fine tune at the important areas like unison, 5th
and octave, but it will coarsely tune in-between those values for more
dissonant sounds."
Turning the knob to zero will produce a unison tuning of all oscillators,
and as you rotate the knob the detuning will musically blend different
frequencies both up and down, with a central oscillator always playing
the root note. At some point the frequencies break away into a
discordant mush and regroup at a 5th above and below the centre
frequency, continue turning and again the flock of frequencies continue
to spread apart and then regroup into an octave and sub octave mixture.
It's the most powerful knob in your rack, use it responsibly."
Pitch
This knob controls the root note of the unit, turning it will change the
frequency in discrete chromatic steps up or down up 1 octave. There is a
dead area in the centre of the knob where the tuning is fixed, to prevent
accidental tuning errors."
Holding down Shift will fine tune in cents."
Wave
This switch selects between 3 different oscillator types:"
Wave 1 - Super Saw, a free running 7 oscillator 'super-saw' or 'hyper
saw' that can produce rich trance leads or super smooth string pads
depending on your detune setting and the mode switch. Mode I is mostly
a single oscillator playing the root note with side oscillators providing a
subtle chorus, also when set to Unison it acts as a single sawtooth
oscillator. Mode II is more intense with louder side oscillators and Mode
III is with all 7 oscillators set to full, at the same volume level as each
other. "
Tip: when set to unison in Mode II or III the phases of the oscillators are
frozen in place, so random timbres can be grabbed and locked by
twisting the detune control into unison from a detuned setting.
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