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| Paradigm |
| Can someone please tell me what an LFO setting does? |
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| hey cheggy |
An LFO is a Low Frequency Oscilator. Basically, it is another oscillator but becasue the frequency is so low, it is primarily inaudible. What it does though is change the character of the sound by making the pitch go up and down a little bit. The amount it goes up and down is determined by the strength of the LFO and the rate it goes up and down is determined by the speed/rate/timing (whatever its labeled) of the LFO. Normally, you can link this rate to the BPM of the track to get it modulating in quarter notes, eighth notes, etc.
Some synthesizers will allow you to assign the LFO to modulate something else. In this case, the pitch of the LFO is used to modulate whatever you assign it to. For example, if you assign the LFO to the LP filter, it can open up the audible frequency range and then shut it off over and over again by just holding down the key. This is how people often make that Warp Brothers style bassline. It can be assinged to otherthings too like the pulse width of the waveform, Frequency modulation, etc.
Hope that helps |
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| DJMikeyP |
| Hey don't forget that nowadays they call an LFO the regular motion any control can have... Like if you make the volume go up slowly, then down slowly, up, down in aregular pattern its an LFO. Also cut/resonance - Fruityloops even has a button that does just that. |
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| hey cheggy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJMikeyP
Hey don't forget that nowadays they call an LFO the regular motion any control can have... Like if you make the volume go up slowly, then down slowly, up, down in aregular pattern its an LFO. Also cut/resonance - Fruityloops even has a button that does just that. |
That would just be assigning an LFO to that specific function, eg volume, cutoff, resonance, etc. |
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