LinPlug Spectral - Manual (Page 30)

pressed, so when you drag it up or down no left or right movement of the
mouse will change the harmonic.
Even and Odd are only available for Oscillators, not for the Filter. They are
useful when you only want to alter only even harmonics or only odd
harmonics. Both have a certain sound (Pulse waves are a good example of
the characteristic sound of odd harmonics) and sometimes you might want
to keep that sound without modifying harmonics of the other type.
Pattern is a special editing mode making use of the Pattern, described
now:
Pattern Editing
To the right of the Edit Mode is the Pattern. The Pattern is only effective
when selected in the just described Edit Mode, it consists of two dials with
numbers and two switches.
The numbers define the pattern, so there are patterns like 1:4 or 3:3
possible. The upper switch defined whether the first number is the
harmonics to be edited or the second. An example should make this clear:
Lets assume you have a 1:4 pattern and the upper switch points to the left.
This means 1 harmonic is edited and 4 harmonics are ignored, the next is
edited, and another 4 are ignored and so on.
Would that switch point to the right, it would mean the opposite: 1 is
ignored and 4 are edited, going on like this for all harmonics.
Now is the moment you should try it, because when you see it happening
its pretty obvious.
The second switch cycles through 3 states: For the Oscillator the states
are:
1 : Pattern starts with the fundamental (first harmonic)
2 : Pattern start with the second harmonic
3 Pattern starts with the first harmonic inside of the Edit Frame Tool (if it is
active, otherwise this is not available).
For the filter the states are:
1: Pattern starts with the lowest filter band
2: Pattern starts with the center filter band
3: Pattern starts with the first filter band inside of the Edit Frame Tool (if it is
active, otherwise this is not available).