GENERATORS

3xOSC

3xOsc is a combo of 3 oscillators feeding the FL Studio Sampler. Its purpose is to generate a bright sound to be filtered by the channel's instrument tools.

It can also produce its own kind of stereo chorus.

To spare CPU & memory, the oscillators are antialiased at rendering time only, not realtime. As a result, rendered tracks may sound better, but rendering will be slower.

Parameters

OSC 1, 2, 3 Parameters

This section covers parameters for all of the oscillators.

Shape Selector - You can see the oscillator shape selector buttons in each of the oscillators, allowing on of the following choices: since, triangle, square, saw, TB303 saw, noise, custom. Custom uses whatever sample is loaded in the channel's Sampler Settings page.
Invert Switch (INV) - This switch allows you to invert the phase of the oscillator. When you mix two oscillators with equal settings and one of them is inverted, they cancel each other and no sound is produced. However, if you set the Fine frequency to a slightly different value, this can produce interesting flanging effects.
Stereo Phase (SP) - This wheel allows you to set different phase offset for the left and right channels of the generator. The offset results in the oscillator starting at a different point on the oscillator's shape (for ex. start in the highest value of the sine function instead at zero point). Having stereo phase offset adds to the sound richness and stereo panorama of the produced sound.
Stereo Detune (SD) - This wheel allows to detune the stereo sound of the generator, by applying a slightly different frequency at the left and right sound channels. This adds to the stereo panorama of the produced sound and creates a "stereo flange" effect. When the wheel is in the middle, the effect is turned off.
Volume (VOL) - Sets the relative volume of each of the oscillators. Relative means that the overall sound output is kept at the same level, but the relative amount of each of the oscillators is adjustable. The first oscillator lacks this control, as you always need at least one oscillator to produce sound. For ex. to mix 50% of oscillator 1 and 2, set the volume of oscillator at 100%. To mix all 3 oscillators at 33.33..%, set the volume knobs to 100% for oscillators 2 and 3. To mix only oscillator 1 at 100%, set all other volume levels to zero.
Panning (PAN) - Sets the stereo panning of the individual oscillators.
Coarse Tuning (CRS) - Sets the coarse tuning (range -24 to +24 semitones) of the individual oscillators.
Fine Tuning (FINE) - Set the fine tuning ( range -1 to +1 semitone) of the individual oscillators.

Other Parameters

OSC 3 Amplitude Modulation (OSC 3 > AM) - Turn on this switch and Oscillator 3 will be used as an amplitude modulation of the other 2 oscillators.
Stereo Phase Randomness (PR) - This wheel allows you to adds "randomness" to the stereo phase of all oscillators. Low values can make the sound slightly more natural, while higher values can be used as a special effect.

Notes & Tips

Since the 3xOsc generator acts as an addition to the standard integrated Sampler, it is usually not enough to save direct 3xOsc presets rather than full channel presets which hold the complete sound. As a result, default 3x Osc presets will be found in /Channel presets/3x Osc/ in the browser.
Stereo Phasing can introduce clicks since the oscillators start somewhere "inside" the shape function. You can easily fix this by using a volume envelope with a short attack time.

Plugin Credits: Didier Dambrin