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SPECTRALIS
3.3.5 The LFO section of the Analog-Synth
Since firmware version 93k the Spectralis Analog-Synth has a very extensive LFO section.
No less than 10 LFOs in the Spectralis in the Analog section alone are at your disposal.
4 of these LFO's have been designated as Master-LFO's. These LFO's have some
additional features compared to the other 6 LFO's.
1.) The master-LFO's have a central edit section.
2.) The 3 main parameters LFO-wave, LFO-rate and LFO-depth on these master-
LFO's can be adjusted using just simultaneously for all LFO's using just one Encoder.
3.) The master-LFO's don't have fixed routing. You can select in the edit-sections of the
oscillators and filters which parameters you want to be affected.
4.) The master-LFO's have envelope curves for control over modulation depths.
5.) The master-LFO's have a depth parameter, which makes it possible to change
modulation levels for multiple parameters simultaneously.
The master-LFO's have three controls on the left side of the synthesizer edit section.
Encoder 1 allows the selection of the LFO waveforms, encoder 2 is used for adjusting
the master-LFO's modulation levels and encoder 3 controls the modulation rate of the
four master-LFO's. The encoders on the control panel always simultaneously affect all 4
master-LFO's. When you are pushing the one of the encoders, the corresponding
parameters for all 4 master-LFO's will be shown in the display.
[LFO-rate]
When pushing the encoder button the following display message shows:
Master LFO Rate Menu
LRte:00 LRte:00 LRte:00 LRte:00
You now can either change the speed of each LFO individually using the 4 controls
under the display or change the speed of all LFOs simultaneously using the encoder
[Mod Rate]
. If you are adjusting all four parameters individually, the
[Mod-Rate]
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Encoder will adjust the values of the individual LFOs' in additive fashion.
[LFO Mod Depth]
This Encoder changes the modulation depth (intensity) of the 4 Master-LFO's. The
modulation value of the Spectralis uses exponential scaling. Close to the Zero setting
you can effect subtle sound changes. The further you move away from zero, the more
obvious the modulation change increases will become with each step. At the upper
end of the scale rather dramatic modulations will take place. The modulation range is
from -127 to +127. Using negative values the modulation will affect the parameter
values in opposite direction.. When using the [Mod-Depth]encoder you will see the
following display message:
Master LFO Modulation Depth
´`LDpt:0 ´`LDpt:0 ´`LDpt:0 ´`LDpt:0
"How to...?" - The LFO section of the Analog-Synth
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