Waldorf MicroWave II User Manual

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Filter 1Filter 1 gives you the most flexibility by offering low pass, high pass and band pass types. Inaddition, there is an sine waveshaping filter with an 12dB low pass following. You canselect the slope between 12dB and 24dB per octave for the low pass and band pass.Further types might be added in the future.Filter 1 / 1Filter 1 / 2Cutoff0…127Determines the cutoff frequency for the low pass and high pass filter types and the midfrequency for the band pass type. When a low pass is selected via the Type parameter, allfrequencies above the cutoff frequency are damped. When high pass is selected, allfrequencies below the cutoff frequency are damped. In a band pass only frequencies nearthe cutoff setting will be passed through. You can bring more movement into the sound bymodulating the cutoff frequency via the LFOs, the envelopes or the Keytrack parameter. Ata value of64 and a Resonance value of114, the filter oscillates with 440Hz, which isequal to A3. Tuning is scaled in semitone steps. When Keytrack is set to+100%, the filtercan be played in a tempered scale.Resonance0…127Filter resonance parameter. Determines the amplification of the frequencies around thecutoff point. Use lower values in the range0…80 to give more brilliance to the sound. Athigher values of80…113 the sound gets the typical filter character with a strong boostaround the cutoff frequency and a loss in the other range. When the setting is raised tovalues above113, the filter starts to self-oscillate, generating a pure sine wave. This featurecan be used to create solo sounds like the traditional "moog lead" or analog-style effectsand percussion like electronic toms, kicks, zaps etc.Typesee TableSelects the filter type. Further information on the different filter types is given at the end ofthis chapter.Keytrack-200%…+197%Determines how much the cutoff frequency depends on the MIDI note number. Thereference note for Keytrack is E3, note number 64. For positive settings, the cutoff frequencyrises on notes above the reference note, for negative settings the cutoff frequency falls up tohigher notes and vice versa. A setting of+100% corresponds to a 1:1 scale, so e.g. whenan octave is played on the keyboard the cutoff frequency changes for the same amount. Ifyou want to play the filter in a tempered scale, e.g. for a solo sound with self-oscillation,set the value to+100%. On most bass sounds lower settings in the range+60…+75% areoptimal to keep the sound smooth at higher notes.Cutoff Env. Amount|Env.Velocity Amount69 | -23Cutoff |Resonance| Type |Keytrack047 | 012 | 24dB LP | +066%52 User’s Manual MicroWave II • MicroWave XT • XTk