Step 01 / 5
Build oscillator A and its amplitude envelope #
Choose oscillator A’s waveform and coarse/fine tuning. Set its envelope mode, attack, decay, sustain and release for the fundamental body of the sound. Keep the other oscillators, pitch envelope, LFO and filter off for this first stage. Ae, Be, Ce and De refer to the envelopes for oscillators A, B, C and D; Pe refers to the pitch envelope.
Use Operator with the complete starting settings. Set the source and amplitude controls below; sections marked Off stay bypassed at this stage.
Signal flow: Operator → Saturator → Reverb → Utility. Begin with the instrument, then add each effect in its numbered step.
| Control | Value |
|---|---|
| Osc-A Wave | Sine |
| A Coarse | 1 |
| Osc-A Level | -3.0 dB |
| Ae Attack | 1.00 ms |
| Ae Decay | 1.10 s |
| Ae Sustain | -inf dB |
| Ae Release | 350 ms |
| Osc-A Lev < Vel | 60 % |
| Spread | 0 % |
| Tone | 85 % |
| Volume | -10 dB |
| PB Range | +2 st |
| Osc-B On | Off |
| Osc-C On | Off |
| Osc-D On | Off |
| Filter On | Off |
| Pe On | Off |
| LFO On | Off |
Sound after step 1 — WebM/Opus
Next: Shape the harmonics, pitch and filter contour →Step 02 / 5
Shape the harmonics, pitch and filter contour #
Use the oscillator switches and algorithm below to introduce the remaining sound layers. Set each enabled oscillator’s tuning, level and envelope. In a serial algorithm, modulator level controls the strength of FM overtones; in a parallel algorithm, it controls the level of a separate audible layer. Enable the pitch envelope and filter only where marked On.
Keep the first stage’s source and amplitude settings while making these changes. The complete instrument settings show the resulting tone before effects.
Alg. 1 is the serial path D → C → B → A → output. Only enabled oscillators contribute to the path.
| Control | Value |
|---|---|
| Algorithm | Alg. 1 |
| Osc-B On | On |
| Osc-B Wave | Sine |
| B Coarse | 3 |
| B Fine | 17 |
| Osc-B Level | -15 dB |
| Be Attack | 0.00 ms |
| Be Decay | 166 ms |
| Be Sustain | -inf dB |
| Be Release | 100 ms |
| Osc-B Lev < Vel | 70 % |
| Osc-C On | Off |
| Osc-D On | Off |
| Filter On | On |
| Filter Type | Lowpass |
| Filter Slope | 12 dB |
| Filter Freq | 7.32 kHz |
| Filter Res | 5.0 % |
| Filt < Key | 60 % |
| Pe On | Off |
| LFO On | Off |
Sound after step 2 — WebM/Opus
Next: Apply Saturator →Step 03 / 5
Apply Saturator #
Select the curve before setting Drive. Drive changes the waveform’s harmonic content; Output balances the level after that change. Dry/Wet blends the processed and direct tone. Keep Color and clipping controls as listed because they alter the distortion character.
| Control | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Soft Sine |
| Drive | 1.2 dB |
| Output | -1.0 dB |
| Color On | Off |
| Pre Dc Filter | On |
| Dry/Wet | 40 % |
Place Saturator after Operator. The complete settings include its remaining controls.
Sound after step 3 — WebM/Opus
Next: Apply Reverb →Step 04 / 5
Apply Reverb #
Set decay, room size and Dry/Wet for the surrounding space. Predelay separates the direct attack from the room. Input filtering shapes what excites the reverb, while diffusion and high-frequency damping change the density and brightness of its tail.
| Control | Value |
|---|---|
| Predelay | 8.00 ms |
| In Lo Cut On | Off |
| In Hi Cut On | Off |
| Diff. Hi Freq | 4.50 kHz |
| HiShelf Gain | 0.60 |
| Density | High |
| Freeze On | Off |
| Decay Time | 1.26 s |
| Room Size | 45.00 |
| Dry/Wet | 15 % |
Place Reverb after Saturator. The complete settings include its remaining controls.
Sound after step 4 — WebM/Opus
Next: Apply Utility →Step 05 / 5
Apply Utility #
Set gain and width at the end of the chain. Set Utility’s Gain knob to the Output value in the table. Width changes the balance between center and side information; Mono combines the channels. Bass Mono narrows only the low frequencies below its cutoff. Keep DC Filter and phase-inversion switches at the listed values.
| Control | Value |
|---|---|
| Output | -3.16 dB |
| DC Filter | On |
Place Utility after Reverb. The complete settings include its remaining controls.
Sound after step 5 — WebM/Opus
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