Filter 1 - Native Instruments Razor Manual

all waveforms selected in oscillator 2. Even a sawtooth in oscillator 2 sounds a bit differ­
ent then although its amplitude spectrum hasn't changed. The effect of altered partial
phases is more audible with lower notes.
The 'Formant' filter type in the filters share the same formant selections as the oscillators.
Some wave shape presets have lots of narrow spectral notches. In this case formant shift­
ing can result in fast amplitude jumps for gritty sounds.
This oscillator type is very versatile. It's an oscillator-filter hybrid as formant shifting
sounds like filtering a sawtooth oscillator. As the signal of both oscillators are mixed to­
gether this filter quality can be used to create parallel filtering in RAZOR.
Fig. 5.23 Formant Oscillator.
▪ FORMANT: Amount of formant shift (semitones) to the spectral curve of the waves. To get
the original wave shape set this parameter to 0 (mid) and modulate it with the 'pitch
track' modulator using an amount of 100 (fully right).
▪ SELECT: Selects one of 32 wave shapes: 1-3: for subtle coloration and grittiness, 4-11:
phasey and peaky 12-19: lowpass 20-23: bandpass & highpass 24-27: notch 28-32:
harmonic.
5.10

Filter 1

Filter 1 filters the oscillator mix and passes it on to filter 2. It contains filters which are
capable of damping high frequencies. So you find lowpass filters in different varieties but
also more unusual filter like 'Vowel', a high quality 'Vocoder' or 'formant' filters.
The Cutoff parameter of filter 1 can be used as a macro control via the FILTER 1 TRACK
modulator. See its description in the 'Modulators' section of this manual.
Overview of RAZOR Ensemble
Filter 1
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