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Slow Harmonic Pad complete settings

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Use Operator followed by Chorus-Ensemble. All four oscillators are On and mix directly into the output.

Instrument global settings

Operator has ten voices, global Retrig Off, interpolation and antialias On. The global matrix has velocity, aftertouch and mod-wheel connections Off, Key → Time at 0%, and Pitch Bend → Pitch at +2 st.

Oscillator controls outside the parameter tables

For each active oscillator, select User waveform, 64 harmonics, Repeat Off, and turn Normalize Off in the harmonic editor’s context menu. Start with every partial cleared. Click Oscillator in the central display to draw the harmonic bars; click Envelope to adjust its shape. Each bar is one partial: bar 1 is the fundamental, bar 2 is twice its frequency, and so on. Use the partial-level readout while drawing; the values below are in dB relative to a full-height bar, not oscillator output levels.

Set Fixed Off, frequency quantization On, oscillator retrigger Off, Phase 0%, Feedback 0%, frequency/velocity modulation 0, and level/key scaling 0%. Leave oscillator pitch-envelope and LFO destination switches On; the global pitch envelope remains Off, and the LFO’s pitch amount will be zero.

Use envelope Initial and End −∞ dB, Peak and Sustain 0 dB, Decay 500 ms, Loop None, and time/release velocity scaling 0%. Set the amplitude envelope slopes to Attack 0%, Decay 100%, Release 0%: the attack and release segments should be straight. Peak and sustain are equal, so the decay segment stays flat.

Operator parameters

Parameter Displayed value
Device On On
Algorithm Alg. 11
Transpose -14 st
PB Range +2 st
Volume -33 dB
Panorama C
Pan < Key 0
Pan < Rnd 0
Tone 100 %
Spread 0 %
Glide On Off
Glide Time 50.0 ms
Osc-A On On
A Coarse 9
A Fine 0
A Freq<Vel 0
A Quantize On
A Fix On Off
A Fix Freq 100 Hz
A Fix Freq Mul 1
Osc-A Level 0.0 dB
Osc-A Retrig Off
Osc-A Phase 0 %
Osc-A Lev < Vel 40 %
Osc-A Lev < Key 0 %
Osc-A Wave User
Osc-A Feedb 0 %
Osc-A < Pe On
Osc-A < LFO On
Ae Attack 2.06 s
Ae Init -inf dB
Ae Decay 500 ms
Ae Peak 0.0 dB
Ae Sustain 0.0 dB
Ae Release 4.30 s
Ae Mode None
Ae Loop 100 ms
Ae Retrig 1/16
Ae R < Vel 0 %
Osc-B On On
B Coarse 1
B Fine 3
B Freq<Vel 0
B Quantize On
B Fix On Off
B Fix Freq 100 Hz
B Fix Freq Mul 1
Osc-B Level -1.9 dB
Osc-B Retrig Off
Osc-B Phase 0 %
Osc-B Lev < Vel 0 %
Osc-B Lev < Key 0 %
Osc-B Wave User
Osc-B Feedb 0 %
Osc-B < Pe On
Osc-B < LFO On
Be Attack 2.29 s
Be Init -inf dB
Be Decay 500 ms
Be Peak 0.0 dB
Be Sustain 0.0 dB
Be Release 3.70 s
Be Mode None
Be Loop 100 ms
Be Retrig 1/16
Be R < Vel 0 %
Osc-C On On
C Coarse 1
C Fine 0
C Freq<Vel 0
C Quantize On
C Fix On Off
C Fix Freq 100 Hz
C Fix Freq Mul 1
Osc-C Level -9.1 dB
Osc-C Retrig Off
Osc-C Phase 0 %
Osc-C Lev < Vel 0 %
Osc-C Lev < Key 0 %
Osc-C Wave User
Osc-C Feedb 0 %
Osc-C < Pe On
Osc-C < LFO On
Ce Attack 2.80 s
Ce Init -inf dB
Ce Decay 500 ms
Ce Peak 0.0 dB
Ce Sustain 0.0 dB
Ce Release 4.10 s
Ce Mode None
Ce Loop 100 ms
Ce Retrig 1/16
Ce R < Vel 0 %
Osc-D On On
D Coarse 1
D Fine 0
D Freq<Vel 0
D Quantize On
D Fix On Off
D Fix Freq 100 Hz
D Fix Freq Mul 1
Osc-D Level -6.0 dB
Osc-D Retrig Off
Osc-D Phase 0 %
Osc-D Lev < Vel 35 %
Osc-D Lev < Key 0 %
Osc-D Wave User
Osc-D Feedb 0 %
Osc-D < Pe On
Osc-D < LFO On
De Attack 2.38 s
De Init -inf dB
De Decay 500 ms
De Peak 0.0 dB
De Sustain 0.0 dB
De Release 4.00 s
De Mode None
De Loop 100 ms
De Retrig 1/16
De R < Vel 0 %
Time 0 %
Time < Key 0 %
Pe On Off
Pe Attack 0.00 ms
Pe Init +12 st
Pe A Slope 0.0 %
Pe Decay 400 ms
Pe Peak +12 st
Pe D Slope 100 %
Pe Sustain 0 st
Pe Release 50.0 ms
Pe End 0 st
Pe R Slope 100 %
Pe Mode None
Pe Loop 100 ms
Pe Retrig 1/16
Pe R < Vel 0 %
Pe Amount 100 %
Pe Amt A 100 %
Pe Dst B Off
Pe Amt B 100 %
LFO On On
LFO Type Sine
LFO Range Low
LFO Rate 35.00
LFO Sync 1/16
LFO R < K 0.0 %
LFO Retrigger Off
LFO Amt 30 %
LFO Amt A 0 %
LFO Dst B Volume
LFO Amt B 60 %
LFO < Vel 0.0 %
LFO < Pe On
Le Attack 0.00 ms
Le Init -inf dB
Le Decay 600 ms
Le Peak 0.0 dB
Le Sustain 0.0 dB
Le Release 50.0 ms
Le End -inf dB
Le Mode None
Le Loop 100 ms
Le Retrig 1/16
Le R < Vel 0 %
Filter On Off
Filter Type Lowpass
Filter Circuit - LP/HP Clean
Filter Circuit - BP/NO/Morph Clean
Filter Slope 24 dB
Filter Freq 12.0 kHz
Filter Res 28 %
Filter Morph 0 lp/bp
Filter Drive 0.00 dB
Filt < Vel 0 %
Filt < Key 100 %
Fe Amount 0 %
Filt < LFO Off
Fe Attack 0.00 ms
Fe Init 0.0 %
Fe A Slope 0.0 %
Fe Decay 600 ms
Fe Peak 100 %
Fe D Slope 100 %
Fe Sustain 0.0 %
Fe Release 50.0 ms
Fe End 0.0 %
Fe R Slope 100 %
Fe Mode None
Fe Loop 100 ms
Fe Retrig 1/16
Fe R < Vel 0 %
Shaper Type Off
Shaper Mix 100 %
Shaper Drive 0.00 dB

Chorus-Ensemble parameters

Parameter Displayed value
Device On On
Mode Chorus
Shape 0.0 %
Rate 0.90 Hz
Amount 17 %
Feedback 2.0 %
FB Invert On
Offset 90°
Delay Time 7 ms
Delay Taps 2
HP On Off
HP Freq 50.0 Hz
Width 130 %
Warmth 0.0 %
Output 0.0 dB
Dry/Wet 100 %

Shape and Offset apply in Vibrato mode and are inactive in this Chorus-mode sound. See the Chorus-Ensemble controls.

User waveform partials

Partial levels in dB. All unlisted bars are Off. Set 64 harmonics, Repeat Off and Normalize Off for every oscillator. B and C use identical bars.

Partial A, dB B, dB C, dB D, dB
1 0.0 Off Off -18.4
2 -2.3 -26.7 -26.7 Off
3 -10.5 Off Off -12.3
4 Off -25.7 -25.7 Off
5 Off Off Off -11.9
6 Off -27.0 -27.0 Off
7 Off Off Off -16.8
8 Off -30.5 -30.5 Off
10 Off -21.8 -21.8 Off
11 Off -14.0 -14.0 Off
12 Off -15.5 -15.5 Off
13 Off -13.1 -13.1 Off
14 Off -13.9 -13.9 Off
15 Off -17.3 -17.3 Off
16 Off -19.7 -19.7 Off
17 Off -22.2 -22.2 Off
19 Off -14.3 -14.3 Off
20 Off -11.5 -11.5 Off
21 Off -13.1 -13.1 Off
22 Off -13.3 -13.3 Off
23 Off -15.3 -15.3 Off
24 Off -23.1 -23.1 Off
25 Off -24.8 -24.8 Off
26 Off -21.0 -21.0 Off
28 Off -16.6 -16.6 Off
29 Off -10.8 -10.8 Off
30 Off -21.8 -21.8 Off
31 Off -13.1 -13.1 Off
32 Off -29.8 -29.8 Off
33 Off -22.4 -22.4 Off
34 Off -29.2 -29.2 Off
35 Off -14.8 -14.8 Off
36 Off -27.6 -27.6 Off
37 Off -15.5 -15.5 Off
38 Off -23.7 -23.7 Off