Waldorf Pulse 2 - Manual (Page 20)

Sound Parameter
Pulse 2 User Manual 20
but with constant energy, at the cost of having to
tolerate a subharmonic one octave below.
• UNISON M (only OSC 1) creates an unison in
mono mode by using a cluster of eight pulse oscil-
lators at once. So if you play a single note, all eight
oscillators play this note, slightly detuned to enrich
the sound. Detuning (UNISON DETUNE) can be
controlled with Keytrack.
• UNISON P (only OSC 1) creates an unison in po-
lyphonic mode by using a cluster of eight pulse
oscillators. If you trigger one note only, all eight
oscillators will be played with the same root pitch.
If you trigger eight different notes, every oscillators
plays its own pitch. Detuning (UNI-DETUNE) can
be controlled with the Keytrack parameter.
• UNIAPW M (only OSC 1) creates an unison in
mono mode (same as UNISON M) by using a
cluster of eight APW oscillators at once.
• UNIAPW P (only OSC 1) creates an unison in
polyphonic mode (same as UNISON P) by using a
cluster of eight APW oscillators at once.
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Keep in mind: If one of the Unison shapes is
selected, the Keytrack parameter controls the
detuning of the poly pulse oscillators.
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If one of the Unison modes is selected as Shape,
you cannot use OSC 2 and OSC 3. Both oscilla-
tors are not accessible then.
• Para-8 (only OSC 1) creates a special paraphonic
mode where all eight PWM oscillators sound with
frequencies according to the held notes. So if you
play a chord with up to eight notes, that chord is
played by the oscillators. In this special case, the
the Keytrack parameter controls the fading of the
pulsewidth modulation. The rate also depends on
Attack and Release of the amplifier envelope ENV
A.
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Keep in mind: If Para-8 is selected as Shape, you
cannot use OSC 2 and OSC 3. Both oscillators
are not accessible then.
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Keep also in mind: The signal path of the Pulse 2
is mono. All eight voices need to use one VCF
and one VCA.