Expert Sleepers Silent Way v2.4.3 - Manual (Page 81)

In Use
The Speed, Sync, Swing, Asymmetry, Phase, Offset and Smooth controls are all the same as
for the
LFO plug-in. Please refer to the documentation of that plug-in above before reading
on.
The ‘Multiplier’ knob is very much like one of the mix controls in the LFO plug-in - it sim-
ply scales the whole waveform up & down (and can invert it too).
The Sync control has two extra modes as compared to the LFO plug-in: Trig Free and Trig
Tempo. In these modes the base speed of the Step LFO is as per the similarly named mode
(Free or Tempo), but the LFO pauses at the end of each step until a trigger is received - see
the Inputs section below for information on triggers.
UI Groups
A row of buttons above the main
control area switches the user inter-
face between a number of groups of
controls. ‘Main’ selects the primary
controls for setting the LFO speed etc. ‘Inputs’ shows controls relevant to the plug-in’s in-
put signals and their effect. ‘Random’ shows the random generator. ‘Big’ hides all the
other controls and simply maximises the step editor, which might be useful when a high
number of steps is being used, or to aid visibility in a live performance situation.
Speed Mode
The ‘Speed Mode’ dropdown menu sets how the LFO speed (as set by
the various speed/sync controls) is interpreted for the Step LFO. The
options are ‘Cycle’ and ‘Step’.
When set to ‘Cycle’ the speed means the same as for the basic LFO plug-
in - i.e. it defines the time taken for one full cycle of the pattern.
When set to ‘Step’ the speed defines the time taken for one step of the pattern.
Which you use will largely depend on how you want the plug-in to react when you
change the pattern length (see below). If the Speed Mode is set to Cycle, changing the
number of steps will result in a different number of steps looping round in the same time.
If the Speed Mode is set to Step, changing the number of steps will result in the pattern
taking a longer or shorter time to loop, while the time taken on each step remains constant.
Typically you would select Cycle when using the plug-in as an LFO and Step when using
it as a step sequencer, but the choice is entirely yours.