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Shape Modifies the waveshape selected with the
Wave Select control. At a Shape setting of 0, the
oscillator produces purely the waveshape se-
lected with Wave Select.
Increasing the Shape value from 1–63 adds pro-
gressively more sawtooth to the selected wave-
shape until, at a setting of 64, the oscillator pro-
duces a pure sawtooth wave.
Increasing the Shape value from 65–126 adds
progressively more square wave to the sawtooth
wave until, at a setting of 127, the oscillator pro-
duces a pure square wave.
Wave Sel Selects among 64 preset waveshapes,
including sine, triangle, and many more com-
plex waveshapes.
PW When a square wave is produced by the os-
cillator, the PW (pulse width) knob determines
the pulse width, and thus sound character of the
square wave.
The control range is from 0–127. At 0, the pulse
width is 50% (perfectly square). At 127, the
pulse width is 0% (inaudible).
Semitone Transposes the pitch of the oscillator
up or down in semitones (half-steps). The con-
trol range is from –48 to +48 (four octaves up or
down). Use this feature to tune the oscillator to
an interval such as a perfect fifth for interesting
tonal effects.
Key Follow Controls how MIDI notes affect oscil-
lator pitch. At its default setting of +32, playing
a 1-octave scale on a MIDI keyboard controller
produces a normal 1-octave pitch change.
At a setting of +63, playing a 1-octave scale
transposes the pitch upwards by two octaves
(producing a whole tone scale).
At +16, playing a 2-octave scale transposes the
pitch upwards by one octave (producing a quar-
ter tone scale). Negative values transpose pitch
downward. At a setting of 0, MIDI notes do not
affect pitch.
C3 (MIDI note number 60) is the starting point
or base note.
Osc 2
Use the controls in the Osc 2 section to select
the waveshape and other parameters of
oscillator 2.
Shape See the description for Osc 1.
Wave Sel See the description for Osc 1.
PW See the description for Osc 1.
Semitone See the description for Osc 1.
Detune Detunes the pitch of oscillator 2 relative
to oscillator 1 and 3. Detuning helps animate
and thicken sounds.
Key Follow See the description for Osc 1.
Sync Switches phase synchronization of
oscillator 2 to oscillator 1 on or off. Turning
Sync on and varying the pitch of oscillator 2 cre-
ates unique, hard-edged timbral effects.
FM Amount Controls how much oscillator 2 is
frequency-modulated by oscillator 1. Depend-
ing on the interval between the oscillators and
the amount of frequency modulation applied,
you can greatly increase the harmonic complex-
ity of a sound with FM. Use this with the Sync
control to enhance harmonic complexity even
more.
See Appendix C, “Virus Indigo Oscillator
Waveforms”for a list of the 64 preset oscil-
lator waveshapes.
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