Turning Vs. Push+Turning; Fine Button - 4ms Company Spherical Wavetable Navigator User Manual

Turning vs. Push+Turning

You may have noticed that sometimes you simply turn a knob, and sometimes you press down on it while turning
it. Different things happen with each type of turn. You may also have noticed that on the faceplate each knob has
two names: one is plain and one is on a gold background. Turning the knob (without pushing it down) does
whatever is written on the plain background. Turning the knob while pushing it down does whatever is written on
Turn knob to
Transpose
Press and turn
Spread
to Spread
Turn knob to
Browse
Press and
turn to
Browse
change
Spheres
Sphere

Fine button

You may have noticed the small button at the top-center of the module named Fine. When you hold down the
Fine button you can turn another knob to adjust by small amounts. Most knobs on the SWN work with the Fine
button. Here are some examples:
Fine + Transpose
+
= Fine-tune pitch by
micro-tonal steps
Fine
Spread
Fine + Spread (push+turn)
+
= Detune Spread: all
channels detune by different
Fine
Spread
amounts
+ Fine + LFO Speed
= Fine-tune LFO Speeds
(by non-integer div/mult)
Fine
+
Fine + LFO Gain (push+turn)
= Fine-adjust LFO amplitude
Fine Gain
the gold background.
For example, look at the Transpose knob. The word "Transpose" is written
above the knob, and the word "Spread" is written below the knob on a gold
background. If you simply turn the Transpose knob, you'll transpose the pitches
of the channels. If you push down on the Transpose knob while turning it, you'll
spread the channel pitches, creating chords.
Let's look at another example (a very important one): The knob in the center of
the light ring is called Browse. Below it (outside of the light ring) the word
"Sphere" is written. If you push and turn the center knob, you can select a
different Sphere for any or all of the channels. This can completely change the
sound and lets you explore all of the basic waveshapes the SWN has built-in.
Play with it now!
Note: The main exception to the Gold = Push+Turn rule is the Preset knob. See
the Presets Tutorial to learn how to use this knob.
Fine
Fine
Fine
Fine
Page
Fine + Browse
+
= Browse the sphere by small amounts
Browse
Fine + LFO Phase (push+turn)
+
= Fine-adjust LFO Phase
Phase
Fine + Latitude/Long/Depth
+
= Navigate the sphere by small amounts
Fine + Dispersion
+
= Channels disperse (move within sphere in
different directions) in tiny steps
Dispersion
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