Waldorf MicroWave II User Manual

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Keytrack-100%...+200%Determines how much the pitch of the oscillator depends on the MIDI note number. Thereference note for Keytrack is E3, note number 64. For positive settings, the oscillator pitchrises on notes above the reference note, for negative settings the oscillator pitch falls up tohigher notes and vice versa. A setting of+100% correspondes to a 1:1 scale, e.g. when anoctave is played on the keyboard the pitch changes for the same amount. Other settingsthan+100% make sense especially when using ring modulation or oscillatorsynchronisation. Try to use values in the range0…+75% or even negative settings for oneoscillator while leaving the second at+100% Keytrack.Pitchbend Range0...120 / harmonic / globalDetermines the intensity of the pitchbend via MIDI Pitchbend messages in semitones.• Ifharmonic is selected, the pitchbend is performed in steps of the harmonic andthe subharmonic scale. The harmonic scale is used when pitch is bended upwardsand built upon multiples of the base pitch. If the base pitch e.g. is 1000Hz, theharmonic scale consists of 2000Hz, 3000Hz, 4000Hz, 5000Hz... and so on. Thesubharmonic scale is used when pitch is bended downwards and built upondivisions of the base pitch. If the base pitch e.g. is 1000Hz, the subharmonic scaleconsists of 500Hz, 333.3Hz, 250Hz, 200Hz, 166.7Hz and so on. The followingexample illustrates the harmonic and the subharmonic scale for the note C3:Harmonic scale: C3, C4, G4, C5, E5, G5, ~A#5, C6, …Subharmonic scale: C3, C2, F1, C1, G#0, F0, ~D0, C0, …Please note that the pitches of the harmonic and subharmonic scales differ fromthe tempered scale in a considerable way.• Ifglobal is selected, the setting in the global parameter BendRange is used.FM Amount0…127Sets the amount that oscillator 2 modulates the frequency of oscillator 1. The sound will getmore metallic and sometimes even drift out of tune, especially if oscillator 2 is synced tooscillator 1. To avoid unusable detune, use a triangular or sine like wave for oscillator 2.Oscillator 2Osc 2 / 1Osc 2 / 2Octave-4…+4Determines the octave setting of the oscillator. The reference pitch for the oscillator isgenerated at MIDI note A3 (note no. 69) when Octave, Semitone and Detune is set to0and Keytrack is100%. In this case the oscillator’s frequency will be the same as set in theglobal Tune parameter (normally 440Hz). Set this parameter to0 if you are creating atypical keyboard sound, set it to-1 for bass sounds. If you are programming strings or otherhigh pitched sound, set Octave to+1.Pitchbend Range 2| Sync | Link02 | off | onOctave 2|Semitone | Detune |Keytrack+0 | +07 | +00 | +100%40 User’s Manual MicroWave II • MicroWave XT • XTk