Korg Synthesizer/Vocoder microKORG Owner's Manual page 26

WAVE
DWGS ( )
(Digital Waveform Generator System):
This is waveform data created by
harmonic additive synthesis.
Choose this when you want to cre-
ate sounds with a distinctive "digi-
tal-synth" character, such as synth
bass, electric piano, bell, or horn. 64
types of waveform are provided.
Noise ( ):
This generates white noise. Within
the oscillator, a LPF (Low Pass Fil-
ter) is provided to process the noise.
( Figure 3-6). You can use this to
create percussion sounds, or sound
effects such as surf. This can also be
used in conjunction with another
timbre to simulate the "breath" com-
ponent of a wind instrument sound.
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3. OSC1
(Oscillator 1)
CONTROL 1 CONTROL 2
CONTROL 1 [– – –]: CONTROL 2
Selects the DWGS waveform.
( Table 3-1)
– – –
CONTROL 1 [0...127]: CONTROL 2
This sets the cutoff frequency of the This controls the resonance of the
LPF. LPF.
Adjusting this will affect the noise If you raise this enough to produce
waveform. an identifiable pitch, the cutoff fre-
quency will move according to the
Figure 3-6
keyboard location you play, and the
change will be heard as a pitch.
Resonance
LPF
Noise
Genarator
Cutoff
— SYNTH/VOCODER
[1...64]:
DWGS waveform data was first
used in the Korg DW-6000
(which went on sale in 1984),
and has continued to be devel-
oped since that time.
[0...127]:
If you want the oscillation pro-
duced by resonance to match the
reference pitch, set "CONTROL
1" to 24.
Table 3-1
DWGS List
No. Name No. Name No. Name
1 SynSine1 24 5thWave1 47 Clav1
2 SynSine2 25 5thWave2 48 Clav2
3 SynSine3 26 5thWave3 49 Guitar1
4 SynSine4 27 Digi1 50 Guitar2
5 SynSine5 28 Digi2 51 Guitar3
6 SynSine6 29 Digi3 52 Bass1
7 SynSine7 30 Digi4 53 Bass2
8 SynBass1 31 Digi5 54 Bass3
9 SynBass2 32 Digi6 55 Bass4
10 SynBass3 33 Digi7 56 Bass5
11 SynBass4 34 Digi8 57 Bell1
12 SynBass5 35 Endless* 58 Bell2
13 SynBass6 36 E.Piano1 59 Bell3
14 SynBass7 37 E.Piano2 60 Bell4
15 SynWave1 38 E.Piano3 61 Voice1
16 SynWave2 39 E.Piano4 62 Voice2
17 SynWave3 40 Organ1 63 Voice3
18 SynWave4 41 Organ2 64 Voice4
19 SynWave5 42 Organ3
20 SynWave6 43 Organ4
21 SynWave7 44 Organ5
22 SynWave8 45 Organ6
23 SynWave9 46 Organ7
*: The 35 Endless waveform simulates an endless
scale, in which notes one octave apart have the iden-
tical pitch. You can play an ascending or descend-
ing scale as far as you wish, producing the sensa-
tion that a scale of the same pitch is continuing in-
finitely.