Native Instruments Absynth 5 - Waveform Selector and Waveform Selection Dialog

ABSYNTH 5 Reference Manual – 45
5.3.1 Waveform Selector and Waveform Selection dialog
Waveform Selector
The Waveform Selector is available for all oscillator modes based on a wavetable. It allows you
to choose the Waveforms for the oscillators in ABSYNTH5. This is not only the case for the
various oscillators within the Patch Window, but also for all other functions in ABSYNTH5
using Waveforms as a foundation. For example, you will also nd the Waveform Selector in
an identical form in the LFO Window and in the LFO area of the Envelope Window.
A click on the Waveform Selector opens the so-called Waveform Selection dialog. This dialog
essentially contains a list of all available Waveforms:
The Waveform Selection dialog
Using the three buttons above the list, you can switch it between three categories of
Waveforms:
• Simple Waves are single cycle Waveforms that are read from a wavetable. This relates to
the tiny samples that contain one period of a particular Waveform. In this rubric, next to
the standard forms like Sine, Triangle, Saw and Square, you also nd instrumental and
atonal Waveforms.
• Morph Waves are Waveforms that use the function Wave Morph (see section 7.5 “Wave
Morph”). From a technical point of view, Morph Waves are two Waveforms saved in one
unit of data, which seamlessly blend (“morph”) with one another.
• Library Waves are the Waveforms from the Universal Library of ABSYNTH5.