6. The Instruments: The Synth section
Nord Stage EX v6.x
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N
OISE
The noise waveform is a chaotic waveform, containing all frequencies at the same time. With the res-
onant filter and the EQ, you can shape it to produce special effects, e.g. wind noises and whistling
sounds.
O
SCILLATOR
S
YNC
WAVEFORMS
The Saw, Square, Triangle and Cosine waveforms can be
synchronized
. These modes are marked
with a special character in the
W
AVE
D
ISPLAY
. Oscillator Synchronization means that you use the
signal from one oscillator to restart another oscillator. Nord Stage EX has a “hidden” sync oscillator
for waveforms with this option. Oscillator sync is very useful for generating lead lines with classic
“hard sync” sounds. When sync is applied, the basic pitch of the oscillator is locked to that of the sync
oscillator. When you vary the relative pitch of the synchronized oscillator with the
T
IMBRE
knob, this
will be perceived as a change in timbre, with a frequency spectrum with deep resonance in the oscil-
lator’s harmonics.
Tip! When using Oscillator Sync, it can be very useful to have the Timbre amount(s) modulated from
any of the Morph assign sources, or by the Modulation Envelope. This will generate a signal with
continuously varied harmonic content.
If you choose one of the synchronized oscillator mode, the Oscillator will start over with a new period
of the waveform, each time the sync-oscillator does so. If the Oscillator then has a higher frequency
than the sync-oscillator, it will get a complex waveform that depends both on its own pitch and on
that of the sync-oscillator.
