![]() In Bend mode, the readout curve of the wavetables is shaped by adjusting the wavetable readout speed, according to their position. It plays the wavetable without much interference, and offers a Filter control for diminishing spectral content, as a low-pass filter. The first mode is Standard, which operates like Spectrum mode in the original MASSIVE. There are ten modes – each one is markedly different, and many have up to three sub-modes, allowing a huge amount of sonic variation, even from very simple wavetables. The behavior of the other two controls varies from mode to mode. Dialing clockwise and counterclockwise scrolls through the wavetable – you’ll see the wave respond accordingly. One always controls position, and displays the current wave shape in the center. Both offer identical options, and have three Saturn controls. MASSIVE X features two wavetable oscillators. The key thing is this: The way wavetables are read by the oscillator has as much influence on what we hear as the wavetables themselves – that’s why modes are so important. For example, it might start from a different position in the table, read forward then backwards, skip positions, or any combination of these. Sound is generated by cycling/reading through these wavetables, and ‘modes’ are the different ways of doing this. While you may start with a simple sine wave in position 1, position 256 could be radically different. Wavetables are sets – or tables – of waveforms (there are up to 256 of them in MASSIVE X). The first thing to understand is what a ‘mode’ is, and for that we need to think about what wavetables are. Bear in mind that they use quite simple wavetables, and feature absolutely no additional effects or processing, and offer just a tiny glimpse of the possibilities. This is what we’ll show with these two short videos. Their powerful modes and sub-modes allow a lot of sonic variety, even when using the simplest wavetables. This time we’re going much deeper – specifically, into the wavetable oscillators. In the first MASSIVE X Lab, we gave you a rough overview of the instrument.
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