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GENERATORS
3xOSC
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 3xOsc is a 3-oscillator,
subtractive synthesizer 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 phasing.
To save CPU and memory, the oscillators are anti-aliased during
rendering only. This means the rendered tracks may sound better,
but rendering will be slower.
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Parameters
OSC 1, 2, 3 Parameters
This section covers parameters for all of the oscillators.
- Shape Selector - Buttons in each of the
oscillators, allowing one of the following choices: sine, triangle,
square, saw, rounded saw, noise, custom. Custom uses whatever
sample is loaded in the channel Sampler Settings page.
- Invert Switch (INV) - 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/phasing effects.
- Stereo Phase (SP) - 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 e.g. start in the
highest value of the sine function instead at zero point). Stereo
phase offset adds to the richness and stereo panorama of the sound
produced.
- Stereo Detune (SD) - Allows you to de-tune 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 sound produced, and creates a ‘stereo
flange’ effect. When the knob 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 at least one oscillator is always required to produce
sound. For e.g., 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) - Sets the fine tuning
(range -1 to +1 semitone) of the individual oscillators.
Other Parameters
- OSC 3 Amplitude Modulation (OSC 3 > AM) –
Switch on to use Oscillator 3 as an amplitude modulation of the
other 2 oscillators.
- Stereo Phase Randomness (PR) - Allows you to
add ‘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. Stereo Phasing can introduce clicks,
since the oscillators start somewhere ‘inside’ the waveform. You
can fix this by using a volume envelope with a short attack
time.
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
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