Elektron Sidstation - Manual (Page 22)

SIDSTATION
Owners Manual
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So what is a table? As a simple description it is a table of waveforms and frequencies that are
replayed quickly, one at a time from beginning to end. Either as a one time shot at the beginning
of a note on, or as loop. Take a look at the following figure for a simple example. A table in
SidStation has 65 steps that contain the data much like a sequencer. Each oscillator in
SidStation has an individual table so in single mode you can play up to three tables
simultaneously.
Step 1
Triangle Step 2,
Pulse Step 3,
Sawtooth
The table menu is shown below:
The Speed value determines the speed of the table when played. If the Speed value is Off then
the table is not active. Like in the case of the arpeggiator the table speed can be synchronised to
MIDI clock messages. See the section “Oscillators, Pitch” for a speed table and general
considerations when using external sync.
To start edit a new table we enter the sub-menu called Edit:
This is the editor for SidStation tables. Use the arrow keys to move around. Use the numbers
from one and up to enter data. Press [ENTER] to insert and the “0” key to delete one step. The
knobs have no function in this menu. The list is longer than the screen, so use [UP] and
[DOWN] to access steps outside the screen. A table can have a maximum of 32 steps.
Press [ENTER] to insert a new step:
The number to the left is the current step index (0...31). As you can see each step has four focus
positions. Move the focus from one to another by using the [LEFT] and [RIGHT] arrows.
The first focus position can either be a waveform or a Loop/End command. To insert a
command we make use of the keypad with the following mapped keys:
Key Command Description
1 Tri
Triangle waveform
2 Saw Sawtooth waveform
3 Puls Pulse waveform
4 Mix Mixed waveform
5 Nois Noise waveform
6 Off Output is disabled for this table step
7 --- Waveform is left untouched from the Osc->Wave setting 1