Building a Synth Using Macros

Adding a Second Oscillator and a Mixer

Your Synth will now look a bit like this:

7.5Adding a Second Oscillator and a Mixer

We will now add a second Oscillator, as this will make a fatter sound. We will also add a mixer, and make all the necessary connections.

7.5.1Adding a Second Oscillator Using Duplicate

Instead of inserting another Oscillator, we will duplicate the one we already have.

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▪Go back into the Instrument Structure and right-click if you are in Windows® ([Ctrl] +click if you are in Mac OS® X) on top of the Osc 3 Wave Macro and choose the Duplicate menu entry.

Fig. 7.15 Duplicating the Oscillator

A copy will be placed on top of the old Osc 3 Wave Macro.

7.5.2Using Properties to Rename the Oscillator Macros

Both Oscillators have the same name, so we need to rename them.

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1.Right-click if you are in Windows® ([Ctrl]+click if you are in Mac OS® X) on top of the first Osc 3 Wave Macro and choose the Properties menu entry. This will open up the Properties tab for that Macro.

2.In the label area click and drag across the text, and type “Oscillator 1” and press [En­ ter].

3.Do the same for the other Oscillator and this time type Oscillator 2.

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Fig. 7.16 Typing in a name in the label area of the Properties tab

7.5.3Adding a Mixer

Now that we have two Oscillators we need to add a mixer so that we have some flexibility for their respective levels. An Amp/Mixer Module is what we need. We then need to make the connections and increase the numbers of Mixer Inputs.

▪To insert the mixer, right-click if you are in Windows® ([Ctrl]+click if you are in Mac OS® X) on a blank part of the Instrument Structure and choose the Built-In Module > Signal Path > Amp/Mixer menu entry.

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Fig. 7.17 Inserting a Mixer

We need to connect the Output of the Oscillator 1 and 2 to the Mixer.

▪Click and drag on the Out of Oscillator 1 and connect the wire to In of the Mixer Mod­ ule.

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