Spectral Oscillator Section

During this re-synthesis, the sample is split into its individual frequency components and overtones. These can then be filtered, amplified, or adjusted in relation to each other. The spectrum becomes independent from the original temporal progression of the sample, which means that the sound is not played faster or slower for higher or lower notes, but instead keeps its timing. Therefore, you can change the playback speed without affecting the pitch.

You can also slow down the playback speed up to the point where only a static waveform is played back. When playing other pitches than the original sample pitch, it is possible to preserve the natural formants of the sound or to tweak them independently to create more artificial variations.

Title Bar Controls

The controls on the title bar are the same for all tabs in the Spectral Oscillator section.

Wave/Spectrogram Opacity

Drag this slider all the way to the left to show the sample waveform in the display. Drag it all the way to the right to show the spectrogram. Settings in between show both waveform and spectrogram superimposed on each other.

Trigger Note on Click in Sample Display

Allows you to start playback of the sample by clicking in the waveform display.

Show Spectral Envelope (Analysis tab only)

Allows you to show/hide the formant resolution curve, which gives you visual feedback on how closely the formant envelope follows the spectrum gains.

Load/Replace Sample

Allows you to load an initial sample or to replace the current sample.

In the Load dialog, you can prelisten the samples.

Waveform/Spectrogram Display

The display at the top of the section allows you to show the sample waveform or a spectrogram of the sample, or a mixture of both.

You can blend between these two representations using the Wave/Spectrogram Opacity slider.