Xfer records: LFO Tool Flashcards
LFOTool should be added to an a)…..Track.
a) Instrument (MIDI)
You need to be
able to route a)_____to LFOTool so you can have it trigger chords. This is
the same procedure you would follow adding any VST Instrument in your
host. If you are not sure how to do this, refer to your host documentation
or send us an email.
MIDI
(Optional/Advanced):
LFOTool has some advanced features which allow you to play
MIDI notes to control it. For example, if you want to use LFOTool like an
envelope or to switch between various LFO routings via MIDI notes, you
may wish to Route a)……to LFO tool.
MIDI
MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live
1. Insert LFOTool on the ,,,,,you wish to process, by dragging
LFOTool (or double-clicking it) from the Plugins browser in Live.
audio track
MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live
- Create a ….. Track. This is the track where notes will control LFO
Tool.
MIDI
MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live
- on the MIDI Track, click the “……..” rectangle, and select the track
containing LFO Tool.
MIDI To
MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live
- The rectangle below ( the “midi to “) also needs to display , which will
happen automatically if the destination is an …..
audio track.
MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live
- Click Monitor “……” on the MIDI track (or record-enable it) to be able to
play your MIDI Controller.
See diagram below:
IN
Working with Graphs
The heart of LFO Tool lies in the graph, where you can sculpt a
up to ……custom shapes for your LFO.
12
allows you to select which graph to display and edit.
The Graph Selector,
clicking the Graph Selector does not change the sound you hear, it is
simply
changing which graph you are viewing and editing.
allows the current selected graph to play
faster or slower than the global LFO Rate.
The Warp Multplier
The Warp Multplier ,This is useful for having certain graphs which sound fast/slow without having to a)\_\_\_\_\_, or avoid drawing a b)\_\_\_\_shape pattern across the graph. Please note that the LFO will “c)\_\_\_” at the end of the global LFO Rate time period (slider in the lower-left below the graph).
a)adjust the global
LFO Rate
b)repeating
c)restart
Thea)_____buttons allow you to duplicate your graph to
other Graph locations (1 – 12). This is useful for creating b)____
a) Copy/Paste
b) variations.
The\_\_\_\_ button (disk icon) allows you to store your own creations to the Shape Menu
Save
Clicking the Shape button will bring up a Menu of preset graph
shapes. Selecting one will______. This is useful for getting a “starting point” for an LFO
shape quickly
replace the current-selected Graph with a
default shape
Create your own LFO Shape
The _____ area allows you to add/remove points and adjust
tension curves:
Graph Edit
Graph Edit:
– will add a point to the graph at the location
of the mouse cursor.
Double-clicking
Graph Edit:
– will snap a point to the Grid Size.
Alt-clicking / dragging
Graph Edit:
– will add points to create a horizontal line
segment at the Grid Size
Shift-clicking
Graph Edit:
– will remove the point
Double-clicking a point (or ctrl-click)
Create your own LFO Shape
The graph edit area allows you to …… and adjust
a) add/remove points
b) tension curves
Graph Edit
Each line segment has a _____.
curve
Graph Edit – adjusting curves
Each line segment has a curve. A hollow point will be visible if
____ or_____.
the line-segment is not vertical or horizontal
Graph Edit – adjusting curves
A hollow point will be visible if
the line-segment is not vertical or horizontal. This hollow point can be
clicked to adjust ____.
the curve of the segment
Graph Edit – adjusting curves
Alt-clicking a hollow point will
____
adjust the curve for all segments.
These controls adjust how all graphs will get played back.
LFO Controls
This is the LFO Rate, or the amount of time it takes to play the
graph.
Rate Control
There are four switches to the left of the LFO:
Musical Note Icon:
Anchor:
Dot (.)
Triplet (3) icons:
Rate Control
______Icon: This determines whether the LFO time is based on the Host program Tempo when enabled (on = BPM),
or else free (off = Hz).
Musical Note icon
Rate Control:
_____ If the Musical Note Icon is on (blue),
the ______ will determine if the LFO position is fixed to the song position. The difference may not be obvious at first,
but if you are adjusting the LFO Rate control with _____ on,
Anchor
Rate Control: anchor
you’ll notice that the position of playback will likely “jump”
because LFOTool is anchoring each LFO time to be_____ .
Playback is guaranteed to sound the same each time this way.
However, you may wish to be able to change the rate without
the position jumping – in this case turn the anchor ____.
a) in-phase
b) off
Rate Control
: if the Musical Note Icon is on
(blue), these switches determine whether or not to include dotted and triplet times in the LFO Rate control.
Dot (.) and Triplet (3) icons
This control makes the LFO “Swing”. When this parameter is raised or
lowered, you will notice the playback of the LFO will be alternating
faster/slower on each playback.
Swing Control
Swing Control :
A typical use would be with LFO time
set to 1/8 or 1/16th, though it operates at any LFO Rate. Please note:
Both the ____ and _____ Icon (BPM) must be enabled for the Swing to take effect.
a) Anchor
b) Musical Note
The ____ control will adjust the phase of the graphs.
Phase control
Phase control:
You will notice the graph blue-background shading will move left in relation to
the line-segments. This background shading is displaying what will ____
be output of the LFO.
The_____ control will modify the line segments rendering over
time, squeezing them together the left or right.
PWM control
Similar to the Phase control,you will notice the graph blue-background shading will adjust. This background shading is displaying what will be _____
output of the LFO.
The _____ control makes the LFO output more gradual.
Smooth control
The smooth control makes the LFO output more gradual. This is useful if you are hearing a)____ from extreme b)____ changes in the graph.
a) clicks
b) extreme
____ will adjust the Grid Size visible in the Graph area.
snap ( control)
snap control:
This is useful when Alt- or Shift-clicking on the graph, in order to______
snap points to a certain division of the graph.
LFO Routing:
There are ____destinations for the LFO
4
LFO Routing:
Filter Cutoff frequency-
Cut
LFO Routing:
Filter Resonance
Res
LFO Routing:
Volume
Vol -
LFO Routing:
Stereo Panning
Pan -
LFO Routing:
The Numbers, to the left determine which ______ will be
the _____for the given destination.
of the 12 LFO Graphs will be
the source graph for the given destination.
LFO Routing:
The sliders determine the ____, in other words how much the graph is_____.
a) depth
b) applied
LFO Routing:
The blue dots above the sliders are a meter of sorts, showing you the
‘____’ for each of the four given parameters.
‘final value’
LFO Routing:
Please note: to hear the Cut/Res have an audible effect on your signal,
the____must be enabled
SVF
……. stands for State Variable Filter
. SVF (Filter)
L-B-H Switch
This determines whether
the filter is enabled or not.
If L B H are
all grey, the filter is a) …. clicking any of them will b)…….the filter and the
letter will turn Blue:
a) off
b) enable
L = Low-pass (removes______)
high frequencies
B = Band-pass (removes _____)
high and low frequencies
H = Hi-pass (removes____)
low frequencies
The cutoff slider adjusts the _______
This can be useful for tweaking the frequency range that the filter is
operating in when the LFO Assignment for Cut is in use
base frequency for the filter cutoff.
The cutoff slider can be useful for tweaking the a)_____that the filter is operating in when the LFO Assignment for b)___ is in use
a) frequency range
b) Cut
Similar to cutoff, this slider adjusts the base amount of resonance for the filter.
Resonance Slider
Preset Menu
The Presets menu allows you to quick way to select the presets from
the “______” folder on your hard disk.
“LFOTool Presets”
Preset Menu:
Once you have selected a preset, the red arrows to the right allow you
to _____
navigate to other presets in that subfolder.
______ Icon – Save your own presets
The _____ icon allows you to save your own presets to the LFOTool folder
so they appear in the menu (or elsewhere, if you want). A dialog
window will appear prompting you to type a name and location for your
preset. You may create your own subfolders inside “LFOTool Presets”
folder, if you desire.
Disk
Sending MIDI To LFOTool:
LFOTool has the ability to recieve MIDI notes. The manner of doing this
routing varies between different _____. You may wish to search
or consult your owner’s manual for “how to route MIDI to a VST effect”
host programs
Change graphs via MIDI notes:
The lowest 4 octaves of the MIDI keyboard / Piano roll will allow you to
choose ____. This is useful for
“playing” specific changes between LFO shape-patterns:
which (of the twelve ) graph affects the different destinations
Change graphs via MIDI notes:
MIDI Notes 0 thru 11 (this is a twelve note range ;) will select the LFO Routing source for___
Cutoff.
Change graphs via MIDI notes:
MIDI Notes 12 thru 23 (this is a twelve note range ;) will select the LFO Routing source for____
Reso.
Change graphs via MIDI notes:MIDI Notes 24 thru 35 (this is a twelve note range ;) will select the LFO Routing source for_____
Volume.
Change graphs via MIDI notes:MIDI Notes 36 thru 47 (this is a twelve note range ;) will select the LFO Routing source for _____
Pan.
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes:
There are 4 different options with Musical note icons. These determine how LFOTool will respond to MIDI notes ____and above:
48
Note Retrig – The LFO will______ .
LFO will “start over” each time a note is
received.
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes:
Note Retrig: This is useful for creating a)____, or using LFOTool much like an b)____
a) rhythmic phrase-patterns
b) envelope
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes::
Note Gate – The LFO will _____.
stop when a Note Off is received
when a note is let go
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes:
Note Gate:
This is useful for having momentary
parts where the LFO is being heard, as determined by the ______ you send.
notes/note durations
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes:
Vel > PWM – ________. I’m really not sure how useful this is, to be honest, but I
wanted it at one point.
The velocity of incoming notes will affect the PWM
slider
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes:
Pitch > Rate – The note number (48-127) of the incoming note
will ______.
adjust the Rate slider
Altering LFO playback via MIDI Notes:
Pitch > Rate This is useful for ‘performing’…..
This is useful for ‘performing’ various
LFO speeds.
The 4 switches: Note Retrig,Note Gate,Vel > PWM,Pitch > Rate, can be used individually, or ……
all together
Sending MIDI From LFOTool is ___ ONLY)
VST
LFOTool (VST VERSION ONLY) can send out a _____ message which makes it possible to control external synthesizers or other softsynths from the output of LFO Tool.
MIDI cc
Sending MIDI From LFOTool (VST ONLY):
when controlling external device parameters with lfotool the The _____output is
used (as can be visualized as the blue dot above the b) _____slider in LFO
Routing panel) and a cc is sent every time this value changes
a) Cutoff
b) cut
MIDI cc is limited to a 0-____ resolution.
127
Sending MIDI From LFOTool: step
1) route MIDI From___into____
2) change ______ from off to___
3) Assign LFO->Cutoff in ____
1) route MIDI From LFO Tool into your desired
destination.
2) change “CC Out” from Off to a number.
3) LFO Destination
MIDI cc LOCK:
For convenience, a Lock Icon prevents the MIDI CC numeric assignment
(to left of lock) from changing when you change _________
This prevents you from having to repeatedly set the CC value
assignment if you choose to browse through _______
Presets.
Questions? Comments?
Email: ___
Thank you for your support!
steve@xferrecords.com
