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aWc

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Even detune
« on: April 26, 2018, 10:25:59 pm »

Sometimes, you want to detune a couple of oscillators (1 and 2 have fine tune control) so you get some nice movement in the sound. Problem is that a fixed amount of detuning will not sound even across the whole keyboard range (some synths have a "skewed" detuning that diminishes as you go up the keys, but the MB doesn't). A detuning that sounds nice and fat in the lowest keys will give a fast beating in the upper register. Now you may want this on certain sounds, but it is generally unpleasant to the ear.

To get a nice,  even detune (between oscillators 1 and 2 for instance) across the whole keyboard range, make the fine tune of Osc2 a Mod destination (for example Destination 13).
Then, apply the Kbd/Seq Mod Source to Destination 13 and set a positive amount with the Mod Amount knob. Adjust Osc2 fine tune so Osc 1 and 2 are nicely detuned in the lowest notes, then trim Mod Amount of I13 to the right level so the highest notes are not too detuned.  You may have to repeat those last two steps to get it just right. Voilą!

Note 1: this is also valid in Paraphonic mode, specially if you play closed voicing chords. However it may be hard to do when actually in Paraphonic mode. I suggest momentarily switching to Monophonic mode to set the detune, and go back to Para to check it out.

Note2: Of course, for Para Mode, using the Chorus effect is very useful. Detuning + Chorus can sound very big!

« Last Edit: April 29, 2018, 07:15:51 pm by aWc »

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Re: Even detune
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2018, 07:17:22 pm »
I edited my post above to provide more details.
Please let me know if this proved useful to you or if you have any comments. Things can be pretty quiet around here...

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Re: Even detune
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2018, 08:05:24 pm »
Agreed, it's a very useful method for controlling the beat frequency. I sometimes assign Kbd/Seq to e.g. VCO 2 Pitch", saving an assignable matrix column when being short on them. The Mod Amount becomes more touchy than when using an assignable column set to Fine, with values in the low single digits (the actual resolution of Mod Amount is more than the +/-99 in the display, so fine tuning is possible).

 

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