FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad Operation Manual - Manual (Page 14)

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2:2 Oscillator section
Pulse Width
direct mod: Key
Pulse Width
direct mod: LFO
Pulse Width
direct mod: Env
Octave
buttons for sub-oscs
Pitch direct
modulation:
- Key
- LFO
- Env
Main osc
waveform mixer
Sub-osc
waveform mixer
Oscillator controls
Tuning: Pitch & Fine
These are the main tuning controls for the oscillator. The Pitch can be modulated from the keyboard, LFO and Mod
Envelope using the dedicated controls.
Sync
The oscillator features a ‘hard sync’ function: you can increase the frequency of the oscillator with the Sync control, but it
is re-synced on each cycle of the lowest sub-oscillator.
The resulting waveform has the same overall pitch as the original osc but with added harmonics that create more complex
timbres.
Stack & Detune
These controls comprise the oscillator-stack function, which provides classic multi-osc sounds using a single oscillator,
without needing to use additional unison voices.
The
Stack control sets the number of stacked oscillators, while the Detune control detunes them up to an octave apart
from the main oscillator pitch. For a ‘detuned supersaw’ sound, set the Detune control to around 5%, and then increase
the Stack control to 2 or 3 (or any number up to 5!).
Waveform mixing controls
Main osc and sub-osc mixer
The main osc mixer contains level sliders for Saw, Square (Sqr) and Noise (Nse) (gaussian white) waveforms.
The sub-osc mixer features level siders for Sine (Sin), Triangle (Tri), Saw and Square (Sqr) sub-oscillator waveforms.
Each of these can be set 1, 2 or 3 octaves below the main osc pitch using the Octave buttons.
The level sliders allow you to freely mix the levels of all these parallel waveforms.
The Square waveforms, for both the main osc and sub-osc, are in fact pulse waveforms. Their pulse width can be
manipulated with the controls in the Pulse Width section of the oscillator.
When using the StrobeFX plugin (MIDI-controlled audio effect plugin version), the external audio input appears in place of
the
Nse source.
Pulse Width controls
PW & Sub PW
The Square waveforms in Strobe are actually variable-width Pulse waveforms.
The Pulse Width section allows you to control the pulse width of the Square main oscillator and sub-oscillator shapes
using the
PW and Sub PW controls respectively.
The main osc pulse width (PW) can be modulated from the keyboard, LFO and Mod Envelope using the dedicated
controls.
Direct modulation
The oscillator section contains dedicated controls for setting the modulation depth of the osc’s Pitch and the Pulse Width
of the main Square waveform (the sub-osc pulse width must be modulated via the TransMod system) from 3 modulation
sources:
• Keytracking
• LFO
• Mod Envelope