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KOACH · LFOs · Lesson 4 of 7

Phase

StartPhase · 0, 90, 180, 270°

Where the cycle starts when a note begins. A per-voice LFO starts again with every note, always at the same point: in the middle going up, at the top, in the middle going down or at the bottom.

SEE IT MOVE

SCOPE · LAST 2 S
EACH NOTE FROM ITS START
0.00
0.00
0.00

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WHAT TO KNOW

THE FIELD

Phase, on the LFO page: 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees, a quarter cycle per step.

RANGE

A Sine at 0° starts at 0 going up, at 90° at its top, at 180° at 0 going down, at 270° at its bottom. In KOACH a '+' shape starts from its middle, 0.5, at 0°.

USE IT FOR

A vibrato that begins below the pitch and swings up into it (270°); two layers whose LFOs are 180° apart, so that one pans left while the other pans right.

WATCH OUT

A global LFO2 starts once, when the program is chosen: its phase is applied then and is seldom heard. A tempo LFO moves its start by a quarter cycle per 90°, except at 1/16 nt.

IN THE FACTORY PROGRAMS

333 of the 4059 LFOs in use start somewhere other than 0°; all the others start at 0°.

PHASE

90°144
180°112
270°77

SHAPES STARTED ELSEWHERE

Sine153
Triangle51
+Sine34
+3 Step23
1/4 Sine19
Fall Saw7
+Triangle6
+Square5

FIND THEM ON YOUR K2700

681 High-End Hornslayer 2 · LFO1 Sine 3.4 → 4.9 Hz by FUN1 · phase 90° → PITCH
710 Fruity Flootlayer 1 · LFO1 Sine 4 → 6.3 Hz by FUN1 · phase 270° → PITCH
725 Solo Eng Hornlayer 1 · LFO1 Sine 3.5 → 5.2 Hz by FUN4 · phase 180° → PITCH
699 Dyn Bari Hornslayer 1 · LFO1 Triangle 5 → 2.6 Hz by ASR1 · phase 180° → PITCH
852 Noisy Feedbackerlayer 10 · LFO1 +Sine 0.16 → 0.19 Hz by ON · phase 90° → a FUN

HOW TO ON YOUR K2700 · 681 High-End Horns

High-End Horns starts its vibrato a quarter cycle in: Phase 90°. Change where every note starts.

  1. In Program mode choose 681 High-End Horns (KEYPAD, 681, ENTER).

    Program mode with 681 High-End Horns

  2. Press EDIT, go to layer 2 with CHANNEL/LAYER ▲, then MORE and LFO+. LFO1 is a Sine with a Phase of 90°: each note's vibrato starts at the top of its swing.

    The LFO+ page of 681 High-End Horns, layer 2, the cursor on Phase (90 deg)

  3. With the cursor on Phase turn the Alpha Wheel one step: 180°. Play short notes and listen to where each one starts.

    The LFO+ page of 681 High-End Horns, layer 2, the cursor on Phase (180 deg)

  4. On DSP MOD, the Pitch row: Source 2 is LFO1, its depth from -1 ct to -20 ct as FUN4 rises.

    The DSP MOD page of 681 High-End Horns, layer 2, the cursor on Source 2 (LFO1)

  5. Press EXIT and answer NO to leave the factory program as it was, or SAVE to keep your version on a USER ID.