Oscillators
OscillatorsSINE · SAW · SQUARE · PWM · SUPER SAWThe oscillators make their own wave at the note's pitch: a SINE (one partial), a SAW (all of them), a SQUARE (the odd ones), a PWM whose width moves the partials, a SHAPED SAW that turns from saw to sine, a SUPER SAW of two detuned saws, NOISE, and the FM operators that bend a sine with what comes in.
SEE IT MOVE
Computed in your browser with KINSPIRATION's DSP functions, sample by sample, their Pads at the factory's defaults.
WHAT TO KNOW
THE SPECTRA
SINE: the fundamental alone. SAW: every harmonic, each 6 dB down an octave. SQUARE: the odd ones. TRI: the odd ones, falling faster.
SHAPE AND WIDTH
PWM's width (in %, 50 a square) and SHAPED SAW's shape (0 a saw, 127 a sine) change the spectrum with one row, so a control can sweep them.
FM
An FM OPERATOR is a sine whose phase the input pushes: FM OP Inp sets how far, from a hint of brightness to a metallic clang.
WATCH OUT
Some Pads lower an oscillator's output by default (PWM's width page, LPNOIZ): compare levels with the Pads where the factory leaves them.
IN THE FACTORY PROGRAMS
The factory's oscillators: SAW in 272 layers, FM OPERATOR in 269, SINE in 228, PWM in 141 (median width 50 %), SUPER SAW in 43 (median detune 6 cents).
THE OSCILLATORS
FIND THEM ON YOUR K2700
HOW TO ON YOUR K2700 · 1037 '80s Movie Music
'80s Movie Music is a SUPER SAW: two detuned saws in one function.
In Program mode choose 1037 '80s Movie Music (KEYPAD, 1037, ENTER).
Press EDIT, then MORE and ALG: Algorithm 5, one place of four blocks holding the SUPER SAW.
MORE, then DSP CTL. The Detune row is 5 ct: how far the two saws sit above and below the key.
Turn the Alpha Wheel up, here to 15 ct: the beating quickens, a wider, more chorused sound.
Press EXIT and answer NO to leave the factory program as it was, or SAVE to keep your version on a USER ID.