Envelope Lfo - Native Instruments Absynth 5 Reference Manual

8.4 Envelope LFO

Envelope with activated LFO additive
It is possible to integrate a Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) in every Envelope. You can draw
the wave shape of the LFO in ABSYNTH's Wave Window. The same LFO Wave influences the
entire Envelope. However, every Breakpoint of the Envelope can have different Depth and
Speed values. All LFO settings for Envelopes are visually displayed in the Envelope Window.
To practice activating an LFO, select the Envelope and click on the LFO section at the top of
the window. LFO settings are carried out individually for every Breakpoint. Select a Breakpoint
with a click and increase the value of the Depth until you see the sketched LFO-form. Different
settings between Breakpoints are smoothed out. For instance, if a Breakpoint has an LFO
Depth of 100 (maximum) and the next one an LFO Depth of 0 (minimum), the LFO Depth
parameter would completely blank out. Differences in the speed setting are similarly interpo-
lated. This allows you to create organic LFO-Speed-Ups and Speed-Downs. Every Envelope
can have its own LFO with independent parameters for each Breakpoint. The parameter for
the LFO's can be set in the LFO section sitting at the top of the Envelope Window.
The LFO parameters that apply for the entire Envelope are:
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Waveform Selector: Here you can choose the Waveform for the LFO.
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Phase control: Sets the primary phase of the LFO.
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Wave/SH Toggle: If a triangle wave appears, the LFO adopts the shape of the chosen
wave. If the Sample&Hold Symbol is displayed, the LFO operates as a random
Sample&Hold-function.
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