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KOACH · LFOs · Lesson 6 of 7

Vibrato, tremolo, wah

DestinationPITCH · AMP · a filter

An LFO does nothing until a field reads it. On the pitch it is a vibrato, on the level a tremolo, on a filter's frequency a wah, on the pan an auto-pan: the same wave, a different destination and a depth in that destination's own units.

SEE IT MOVE

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WHAT TO KNOW

WHERE

PITCH Src2 for a vibrato (cents), AMP Src2 for a tremolo (dB), a filter's frequency Src2 (cents), the pan. Src2 has a depth control: the mod wheel or pressure brings the vibrato in.

DEPTHS

Factory vibratos sit around 25 to 30 cents; tremolos around −7 dB; filter wobbles span from a few hundred to a few thousand cents.

USE IT FOR

Vibrato on solo sounds, tremolo on electric pianos and organs, a filter wah on basses and pads, a slow pan to widen a sound.

WATCH OUT

A bipolar shape on AMP pushes the level above the set level half the time: a '+' shape with a negative depth keeps it at or below. Large pitch depths stop sounding like vibrato.

IN THE FACTORY PROGRAMS

Vibratos (an LFO on PITCH Src2) have a median depth of 30 cents; tremolos (an LFO on AMP Src2) a median of -6 dB.

WHERE LFO1 GOES

PITCH1890
an oscillator's pitch909
a FUN384
a filter's frequency253
AMP213
other DSP fields194
a depth control81

WHERE LFO2 GOES

PITCH519
AMP169
an oscillator's pitch142
a filter's frequency127
other DSP fields108
a FUN43
a pulse width42

FIND THEM ON YOUR K2700

690 Slow Soft Trplayer 1 · LFO1 Sine 2.9 → 4.6 Hz by FUN4 · vibrato, PITCH +26 ct
105 Clavi BClayer 1 · LFO1 Sine 3.2 → 12 Hz by MIDI14 (Knob 5) · tremolo, AMP -8 dB
911 Radio Echo Kitlayer 2 · LFO2 1/2 Sine at 1/4 nt · wah, 2POLE LOWPASS LP Frq +1000 ct
709 AcidJazzFluteglobal LFO2 +Triangle 4.8 → 2.8 Hz by FUN2 · tremolo for the whole program, AMP -20 dB
715 Slow Oboelayer 1 · LFO1 Triangle 6 → 3.5 Hz by FUN4 · vibrato, PITCH +17 ct

HOW TO ON YOUR K2700 · 105 Clavi BC

Clavi BC's LFO1 goes to the level: a tremolo, its speed on Knob 5.

  1. In Program mode choose 105 Clavi BC (KEYPAD, 105, ENTER).

    Program mode with 105 Clavi BC

  2. Press EDIT, then MORE and LFO+. LFO1 is a Sine from 3.20 Hz to 12.00 Hz, its speed on MIDI14 (Knob 5).

    The LFO+ page of 105 Clavi BC, layer 1, the cursor on Shape (Sine)

  3. Where it goes: MORE, DSP MOD. On the Amp row Source 2 is LFO1: a tremolo, its depth between 0 dB and -8 dB as FUN2 moves. On the Pitch row it would be a vibrato; on a filter's row, a wah.

    The DSP MOD page of 105 Clavi BC, layer 1, the cursor on Source 2 (LFO1)

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