Waldorf microQ Keyboard User Manual

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Sound Parameters – Oscillator Section59 Waldorf microQ User´s ManualOscillator SectionThe most important controls of the oscillators can be found in the parameter matrix. The followingpicture shows the microQ’s Oscillators Section:Octave Semi Detune FM Shape PW PWM SourceOscillators 1 2 3Picture 11: Oscillators SectionSelecting an OscillatorChoose the Oscillators section with the navigation buttons, and then the Oscillator you wish to edit.The LED of the corresponding Oscillator will light up. When keeping the left navigation buttonpressed and pushing the right navigation button at the same time, you can select from on to threeavailable Oscillators at the same time. This allows you to edit two or three Oscillators simultaneously.Oscillator Parameter ControlsOctave 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, Keytrack is set to 100% and no pitch modulation is applied. In this case, the oscillator’sfrequency will be the same as set 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 applyMAX 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. Organ sounds often include a fifth, therefore one oscillator's semitone parameter must be set to+7. Lead and Solo sounds might sound interesting when you set one Oscillator to e.g. a fourth (+5semitones). When making ring modulated or FM sounds, try to use dissonant values, e.g. +6 or +8.