Modulation · Session 03

Custom LFO Shapes

12 min · Mono · No patch cable needed

 

Building LFO waveforms that don’t exist on the panel.

The LFO gives you two shapes; oscillator 4 gives you six more. But the real move is setting the modulation mix to the middle and running both at once — two waveforms at different speeds blend into something neither can produce alone. Set a square against a pulse and the filter alternates open and closed on two clocks, which sounds like a sequence even when you’re holding a single note. Infinite variations from two knobs.

In this session

Layered saw bassFilter envelopeWhy emphasis hurts bassOscillator 4 as LFOPulse widths comparedBlending two sources at 50%Rhythm from a single note

Tip: Turn the sustain up fully while you’re dialing in a shape. You hear what the waveform is actually doing to the filter instead of guessing through a decaying note.

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