ABSYNTH 5 Reference Manual – 59On the Mod panel, the following parameters are available:• Balance control: Here you set the mix relationship between the original Waveform and theWaveform produced by resynthesis. With a value of 0 only the original Waveform can beheard, with a value of 1 only the resynthesized Waveform.• Dens control: Here you define the density of the grain cloud by setting how individualgrains overlap. The values ranges from 3 to 8; small values give a raw sound, highervalue a more polished sound.• Scatter control: With this you can control the diffusion, that is, the accidental scatteringof the grain cloud.• Frequency menu and Frequency control: Enables you to enter the oscillator’s frequency asa transposition of the played note (Trans), as a relationship (Ratio) with the played note,as a fixed Frequency (Hz) or via a fixed MIDI note (Note). See section 5.3.2, “FrequencyMenu and Frequency Control”, above for details.5.4.9 Sample ModeOscillator in Sample modeThe Oscillator module rules two sample-based modes: Sample and Granular. These modesmake it possible for you to use ABSYNTH 5 as a sampler, playing back previously uploadedsound data in the WAV or AIFF format.The basic control is the same in both modes, so the following instructions on the Samplemode also apply to the Granular mode described in the next section.In contrast to conventional sampling instruments, ABSYNTH lacks the usual functions such askey mapping, velocity layering or AKAI import. Unlike the conventional samplers, ABSYNTH’semphasis is not on the realistic reproduction of sampled instruments, but rather the creativepossibilities that sample-supported synthesis provides.
