Chapter 11 Advanced Sound Shaping Controls
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46 Sync Mode and Sync Pitch

Here are two more important additions to your arsenal of sound-shaping power tools. Try them out and

hear how they change the pitch and brighten the sound.

1 Call up a Pattern and start it up.

2 Set the [VCO 1/2] knob all the way left, so that you hear only VCO 1.

3 Press the [SYNC MODE] button to select VCO M>S (<.m-5).

4 Work the [SYNC PITCH] knob, especially between 11:00 and 4:00.

Notice how the basic pitch and the harmonics shift radically as you tweak the knob.

5 Change the SYNC MODE setting to VCO 2>1 and play with SYNC PITCH

again.

• Other waves
Try selecting different waveform for VCO 1, then with Sync Mode set to one of the “on” set-
tings, tweak Sync Pitch. The Noise wave in particular is a good candidate for creating unique
non-pitched effects in which the harmonics are shifted.
• Bring in the highs
When using Sync Mode and Sync Pitch to craft a Voice, make sure to adjust the VCF controls
to appropriate settings, so that you can hear all of the high harmonics being generated.
Remember, you can always back off on the knobs later if the sound is too “edgy.”

Sync Pitch

Determines the pitch of the “slave” oscillator
in semitones, available only when Sync Mode
(above) is set to on. This lets you create a
difference in pitch between master and slave
oscillators and control the resulting harmonic
interval. At the “0” setting, the pitch is the
same as the master oscillator. Higher values
increase the interval for a more clangorous
sound. To properly hear the effect, make
sure the VCO 1 level is set high enough (see
page 54).
Range
-64 — 63

Sync Mode

The AN200 tone generator has two oscillator sections: VCO 1 (which actually contains two oscilla-
tors), and VCO 2 (which has one). Sync Mode determines how the oscillators are synchronized —
one being a controlling “master,” the other a “slave.” The master oscillator determines the overall
pitch of the sound, and the slave oscillator controls the tone by adding harmonics.
When set to “OFF,” there is no synchronization. When set to “VCO 1 M>S,” the two VCO 1 oscilla-
tors are separated inside of the VCO1 and synchronized, with one designated as the controlling
“master” and the other the “slave.” When this is set to “VCO 2>1,” the VCO 1 oscillators are syn-
chronized to VCO 2, with the VCO 2 designated as the “master.”
To set, press [SYNC MODE].
Settings
OFF
Results in no synchronization.
VCO 1 M>S (VCO 1 master into slave)
The two VCO 1 oscillators are separated inside of the VCO1 and synchronized, one controlling
the other. This allows you to use Sync Pitch (below) to control the master/slave sound, yet
still have another oscillator (VCO 2) remaining.
VCO 2 > 1 (VCO 2 into VCO 1)
The two VCO 1 oscillators are synchronized to VCO 2, with the VCO 2 designated as the “mas-
ter.”