Waldorf Largo - Manual (Page 28)

Sound Parameter
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Brilliance 0...127
Determines the brilliance of the ocillator models Saw,
Pulse and all Wavetables. The models Saw and Pulse
don ́t play simple waveforms as a sampler. It is based on exact
emulations of analog components with digital algorithms.
The Brilliance parameter changes defined parameters of
these models to point out the higher frequencies. A value
of 0 results in perfect interpolation (good for waves with
only a few harmonics), 127 results in bright waveform
playback (good for brilliant waveforms such as in
wavetable Clipper). A value of 64 is nearly similar to the
brilliance of the oscillators produced by the Waldorf Q
and microQ synthesizers.
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Many people can´t hear the highest frequencies of
our oscillators. So don´t be surprised if you can´t hear
any difference when using Brilliance. Ask infants,
dogs or bats to help you adjusting the oscillator
brilliance.
Wavetables are using 64 harmonics. In this case Brilliance
can add harmonics for lower frequencies. Higher
Brilliance values come close to the sound synthesis
process of the earlier wavetable synthesizers as PPG
Wave and Waldorf Wave. The Waldorf Microwave II/XT
offers a similar parameter called „Quantize“.
Phase free/ 0...360°
Determines the startphase of an oscillator. free results in
free-running oscillators as in analog synthesizers, 0..360°
determines the phase in degree the oscillator waveform
starts with.
Limit On / Off
Available for Oscillator 1 and 2 only. Determines, if the
classic wavetables (from Resonant) are played with or without
the additional analog waveforms. The analog waveforms are a
relict from the former PPG Wave and Microwave
synthesizers. If you don ́t want to use these waveforms, use
Limit to mask it.
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Off masks the analog waveforms of a wavetable.
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On plays the analog waveforms of a wavetable.
Sub Oscillator Octave 1...4
Available for Oscillator 1 and 2 only. Sub Oscillator
Octave determines the relative proportion of Sub and
Main oscillator frequencies. Higher values represent a
lower tuning.