Waldorf Rocket - Manual (Page 17)

Sound Parameters
17 Rocket User´s Manual
• If Saw is selected and the Wave knob is in the
exact center position, a single sawtooth is genera-
ted. If the Wave knob is increased further, the
sound is enriched by more sawtooth oscillators up
to a maximum of eight oscillators. Within the range
of leftmost to center position you can control the
amount of detune of the poly saw oscillators in
cents. Within the range of center position to right-
most you can create predefined musical intervals
and chords.
• Special case Unison Mode: This special mode is
active, if Saw is selected and both Tune and Wave
knobs are in their rightmost position. In unison mo-
de, all eight sawtooth oscillators sound with fre-
quencies according to the held notes. So if you play
a chord with up to eight notes, that chord is played
by the oscillators. If you play a single note, all eight
oscillators play this note, slightly detuned to enrich
the sound. Note that this is not yet polyphony be-
cause individual envelopes and filters are missing,
but it allows you to play chords nevertheless.
• If Pulse is selected: Within the range from leftmost
to center position you can control the detune of the
pulse oscillator in cents. Within the range of center
position to rightmost you can control the pitch of
the pulse oscillator in a musical range.
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Pitch Bend uses a value range of +/- 12 semitones.
Glide
"Glide" or "Portamento" describes the con-
tinuous gliding from one note to another.
This effect can be created on fretless strin-
ged instruments or some brass instruments.
It is very common on synthesizers and used
throughout all music styles. Please note
that Glide only works, if you play the Rocket legato.
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Dear friend of electronic club music: Use Glide to
produce a typical pitch bass and pitch lead sound.
Glide sets the glide time. Low settings will give a short
glide time in a range of milliseconds that gives a special
character to the sound. Higher settings will result in a
long glide time of up to several seconds which can be
useful for solo and effect sounds. In the leftmost setting,
the Glide function is deactivated.
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If the Arpeggiator is selected, Glide is controlled
by the selected arpeggiator pattern.