CHANNEL SETTINGS

Automation Clip Settings

Automation clips are a natural way to automate parameters using spline-based graphs. The automation clips are placed directly in the dedicated tracks inside the Playlist window, and the channel which is added to the Step Sequencer is basically a placeholder for the options shown below.

Note that adding notes for the automation clips will trigger them just as well, however this is not a recommended practice.

• LFO Switch - If turned on, enables and shows a preview of the LFO & its amplitude envelope inside the clip instances placed on the Playlist tracks. It is important to remember that turning on the LFO section won't disable the "main" envelope the clip has (although it's not visible). It's still in effect and you can decide how to combine it with the LFO with the Multiply switch (see below).
• Speed (SPD) - Sets the speed of the LFO.
• Tension (TENS) - Sets the LFO shape "tension". You can think for this parameter as a shape morph which alows you to precisely select the LFO shape - starting with square (pulse), sine, triangle and "spikes".
• Shape Skew - Skews the LFO shape. Together with triangle shape, the skew can be used to create saw and reversed saw LFO shapes.
• Pulse Width - Sets the pulse width of the LFO shape - this parameter is usually associated with square/pulse LFO shapes, however in this implementation it modifies all supported LFO shapes.
• Level - Sets the LFO amplitude, i.e. strength. Reset to middle position to reset level to 0 and effectively disable the LFO. turn left for negative amplitude (inverted values) or right for positive amplitude.
• Multiply - This parameter lets you decide how to combine the LFO values with the "main" spline envelope of the automation clip. Disabled: When the switch is disabled, both values are added together, you can think about this mode as LFO "offsetting" the envelope. This is useful for bipolar parameters like panning. Enabled: Enabling multiply will, as the name suggests, multiply the two values together. You can think for this mode as the LFO being an amplitude modulator to the envelope. This is useful for unipolar properties like cutoff frequency, volume etc.