- Type
- Instrument
- Author
- disconnector
- Version
- 1.1
- License
- AttributionNonCommercial
- Live version
- 9.2
- Max version
- 7.0.4
- Downloads
- 1,980
- Updated
- 2024-02-20
Description
valence is a single oscillator monophonic synth with some interesting sound shaping qualities.
UPDATE: 2015-09-23
/ improved envelope exponents - much more responsive now
/ fixed an error with the second filter cutoff exponent value
/ collapsed the sub oscillator into a single control - still all the same functionality, just easier for push integration
/ improved the push and automap functionality. there are now four banks of controls - each of the "blocks" represents a bank, more or less.
features:
/ four oscillator modes:
- saw (with two additional detuned saw waves via "shape")*
- pulse (pulse width modified via "shape")
- triangle ("shape" transforms it into a saw gradually)
- triangle + ("shape" adds two additional harmonics)
* the saw OSC has a built in LFO, and thus, the LFO is not routed to "shape" in this mode.
/ "square" is a square waveshaper
/ a flexible sub oscillator:
- can be tuned to -1 or -2 octaves, or down a forth or fifth
- selectable sine or square wave
/ harmonic FM controls via "harm" (harmonic factor) and "bright" (amount). the sub osc is unaffected by this - it directly modifies the incoming frequency pre-OSC
/ a bitcrusher via "resamp" and "quant"
/ a pre-filter gain control. keep it around -30 in most cases. cranking it will overdrive the signal into the filter.
/ serial-arranged SVF filters - filter A feeds into filter B.
/ amp and a filter envelope. the envelope triggering is assigned to BOTH envelopes.
/ two LFOs. routing is in the lower right portion of the LFO controls (you can route to filter A cutoff, filter B cutoff, and the oscillator shape).
have fun, and let me know if you encounter any errors, or see anything can could be improved.
Comments (5)
I'd like to recommend adding an exponent to a lot of the dials, primarily the time and pitch/frequency related ones. The adsrs in particular are difficult to adjust without it.
I did just notice that I have different exponent values for the cutoffs (missed that in QA) - 4 and 3. The decays and cutoffs have an exponent of 2, and the LFO freq rates 2.666. If there are values that are a bit more standard, or preferable, let me know.
btw, I've been using Ferine as our main synth in my group for a while along with Aalto :) great fun.