Sound Parameters – OscillatorsWaldorf Q User’s Manual 72Oscillators Panel ControlsThe most important controls of the oscillators can be found on the front panel. The following pictureof the Q’s front panel shows the Oscillators section:Tri SineAlt1Alt2SawPulseOctave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source Shape Pulsewidth PWM SourceOctave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source Shape Pulsewidth PWM SourceOctave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source Shape Pulsewidth PWM SourceActiveGlide RateMode Pitch Mod SourceEditOscillators1Tri SineAlt1Alt2SawPulseTri SineSawPulse23SyncPicture 15: Oscillators section Q KeyboardSelecting an Oscillator on the Q RackPress one or more Oscillator Select buttons to select one or more Oscillators on the Q Rack to beedited with the Panel Controls.Octave 128’…1/2’Sets the basic pitch of the oscillator in steps of an octave. The Octave setting is shown as registervalue, a common measurement based on the length of organ pipes. The reference pitch for theoscillator is generated at MIDI note A3 (note no. 69) when Octave is set to 8’, Semi and Detune areset to 0 and no pitch modulation is applied. In this case, the oscillator’s frequency will be the same asset in the global Tune parameter (usually 440Hz). Set Octave to 16’ for bass sounds. Set Octave to 8’ if you are creating typical keyboard sounds. Set Octave to 4’ if you are programming strings or other high pitched sounds. When you use an Oscillator to modulate other Oscillators or the Filters, experiment with theOctave parameter. Low settings might result in periodic modulations while high settings mightadd a bell character to the timbre. Ultra-low settings like 128’ can create very nice rhythmic changes when used with the ringmodulator. If this is still not low enough, you can use the Standard Modulation Matrix to applyMAXIMUM to the respective oscillator pitch with a negative amount.Semi -12...+12Sets the pitch of the oscillator in semitone steps. The standard setting for this parameter is 0, but thereare cases where different values are interesting as well.