Oscillators Panel Controls - Waldorf Q Keyboard User Manual

Sound Parameters – Oscillators

Oscillators Panel Controls

The most important controls of the oscillators can be found on the front panel. The following picture
of the Q's front panel shows the Oscillators section:
Selecting an Oscillator on the Q Rack
Press one or more Oscillator Select buttons to select one or more Oscillators on the Q Rack to be
edited with the Panel Controls.
Octave
Sets the basic pitch of the oscillator in steps of an octave. The Octave setting is shown as register
value, a common measurement based on the length of organ pipes. The reference pitch for the
oscillator is generated at MIDI note A3 (note no. 69) when Octave is set to 8', Semi and Detune are
set to 0 and no pitch modulation is applied. In this case, the oscillator's frequency will be the same as
set in the global Tune parameter (usually 440Hz).
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Set Octave to 16' for bass sounds.
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Set Octave to 8' if you are creating typical keyboard sounds.
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Set Octave to 4' if you are programming strings or other high pitched sounds.
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When you use an Oscillator to modulate other Oscillators or the Filters, experiment with the
Octave parameter. Low settings might result in periodic modulations while high settings might
add a bell character to the timbre.
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Ultra-low settings like 128' can create very nice rhythmic changes when used with the ring
modulator. If this is still not low enough, you can use the Standard Modulation Matrix to apply
MAXIMUM to the respective oscillator pitch with a negative amount.
Semi
Sets the pitch of the oscillator in semitone steps. The standard setting for this parameter is 0, but there
are cases where different values are interesting as well.
Waldorf Q User's Manual
Oscillators
Saw
1
Pulse
Octave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source
Saw
2
Pulse
Octave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source
Sync
Saw
3
Pulse
Octave Semi Detune Pitch Mod Source
Active
Glide Rate Pitch Mod Source
Mode
Picture 15: Oscillators section Q Keyboard
128'...1/2'
-12...+12
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Tri Sine
Alt1
Alt2
Pulsewidth PWM Source
Shape
Tri Sine
Alt1
Alt2
Pulsewidth PWM Source
Shape
Tri Sine
Pulsewidth PWM Source
Shape
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