Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments
Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments
Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments
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Retro Synth Analog oscillator controls<br />
The synthesizer oscillators are used to generate one or more waveforms. You set the basic tonal<br />
color with the chosen waveform or waveforms, adjust the pitch of the basic sound, and set the<br />
level relationships between oscillators. The signal of one or both oscillators is then sent to other<br />
parts of the synthesizer engine for shaping, processing, or manipulation. See Retro Synth filter<br />
controls, Retro Synth amp and effect controls, Use Retro Synth modulation, and Retro Synth<br />
global and controller settings.<br />
Analog synthesizer sounds are typically attributed with having a warm and rich tone. You can<br />
create a wide variety of timbres using this synthesis method, notably string and pad sounds,<br />
synthetic brass, bass, and percussion.<br />
Analog oscillator parameters<br />
••<br />
Shape 1 and Shape 2 knobs: Rotate to choose the type of waveform that each oscillator<br />
generates. The waveform is responsible for the basic tonal color.<br />
••<br />
Analog engine: The oscillators output a number of standard waveforms—noise, rectangular,<br />
sawtooth, and triangular.<br />
••<br />
Table engine: You can choose from 100 waveforms, known as Digiwaves. Digiwaves are very<br />
short samples of the attack transients of various sounds and instruments.<br />
••<br />
Shape Modulation knob: Rotate to choose a waveform shape modulation source, and to set the<br />
modulation intensity. The centered (off) position disables all waveform shape modulation with<br />
the LFO or filter envelope.<br />
••<br />
Vibrato knob: Rotate to set the amount of vibrato (pitch modulation).<br />
••<br />
Semitones knob: Rotate to set the pitch of oscillator 2—in semitone steps, over a range of<br />
±2 octaves.<br />
••<br />
Cents knob: Rotate to precisely adjust the frequency of oscillator 2 in cents (1 cent = 1/100th<br />
semitone).<br />
••<br />
Mix slider: Move to crossfade (set the level relationships) between the oscillators (Shape 1 and 2).<br />
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