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The Oscillators

With master parameters set satisfactorily, it is time to set up the sole oscillator. Look at the Oscillator Section.

If you look at the Oscillator Selector at the top of the Oscillator Section, you can see the 1 tab is currently selected. Therefore, all changes made at the moment will only affect Oscillator1.

7. Left Click the arrow next to the Wave Field and from the menu select Vintage Saw1.

Now when you play a note, Oscillator1 will generate a sawtooth waveform.

8. Left Click Once in the Octave Field, increasing Oscillator1’s root octave to +1.

Oscillator1 will now play one octave higher than the default.

9. Left Click 4 Times in the Mode Field, changing the Mode to Multi Sync.

The Multi-Mode transforms a standard oscillator into a multi oscillator. Therefore, the standard sawtooth becomes a supersaw, which in the case of Z3TA+ is 8 sawtooth waves slightly detuned from one another.

Supersaws have become an integral feature of Trance music and modern synths as they are a good way to get things sounding big, fat and warm.

The Fine Slider detunes the Oscillator in cent steps. A cent is 100th of a semitone.

10. Increase Oscillator1 Fine to 21.9c.

You just detuned Oscillator1 up by 21.9 100ths of a semitone.

With Multi-Mode in operation the Phase Slider’s function is to control the detune between the eight sawtooth waves which make up the supersaw (Oscillator1 output). This is not the same as the detune controlled by the Fine Slider, which globally detunes all eight sawtooth waves.

11. Increase Oscillator1 Phase to 180.0 deg.

This is the biggest detune setting and you will hear the sound fatten up right away as the eight sawtooth waves ‘spread out’.

The Level Slider controls oscillator volume.

12. Set Oscillator1 Level to 100.0%.

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