Sequential Take 5 Compact Synthesizer - Manual (Page 40)

31 Take 5 User’s Guide Low Frequency Oscillators
Square Sample & Hold Sawtooth Reverse
Sawtooth
Triangle
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LFO waveshapes
The LFOs can be free-running or synced to the Arpeggiator, Sequencer, or
MIDI clock for tempo-synced effects such as filter sweeps, tremolo, and so on.
Global LFO Versus Per-Voice LFO
The Take 5 has two separate LFOs. LFO 1 is “global” and LFO 2 is “per
voice.” It’s useful to understand the difference:
Global LFO (LFO 1)
LFO 1 is a Global LFO and is a single modulator that is applied to all
voices in a program equally — with no variation from voice to voice. A
simple example of this is using LFO 1 to modulate Osc 1 Freq. Doing so
will change the pitch of all notes you play in exactly the same way and
with the same timing. In other words, if you play a chord, and strike each
note within the chord at slightly different times, the notes will shift their
pitch together in perfect sync with each other with no variation from note
to note/voice to voice. Compare this to the example given below for LFO
2, which is per voice.
Per-Voice LFO (LFO 2)
LFO 2 is a per-voice modulator that is applied to each voice individually,
and can vary from voice to voice. A simple example of this is using LFO
2 to modulate Osc 1 Freq. Doing so will change the pitch of all notes that
you play, but the modulation will be applied individually to each note. In
other words, if you play a chord, and strike each note within the chord at
slightly different times, each note will be modulated individually begin-
ning from the time it is struck, making the cycle of the pitch shift differ-
ent from note to note/voice to voice. It’s a subtle but noticeable difference.