Expert Sleepers Silent Way v1.7.3 - Manual (Page 22)

before reading on. The ‘Multiplier’ knob is very much like one of the mix controls in the
LFO plug-in - it simply scales the whole waveform up & down (and can invert it too).
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.
Editing the Steps/Waveform
Waveform display
The right
hand side of
the GUI is
where you set
up the wave-
form that the
LFO will out-
put.
It is divided
h o r i z o n t a l l y
into a number of steps, each one of which can be set to a value of your choosing. Note that
every fourth and every third dividing line is coloured differently, to aid in setting up pat-
terns in standard time signatures.
Simply click and drag the mouse to set values. You can set a number of steps in a single
gesture. As with knobs, holding shift while dragging allows for much finer control over
the value set; also holding Command (Mac OS X)/Alt (Windows) resets the value to zero.