Xfer records: LFO Tool Flashcards by Sean Sanchez

LFOTool should be added to an a)…..Track.

a) Instrument (MIDI)

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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

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(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

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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

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MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live

Create a ….. Track. This is the track where notes will control LFO
Tool.

MIDI

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MIDI-to-LFOTool Connection, Example: Ableton Live

on the MIDI Track, click the “……..” rectangle, and select the track
containing LFO Tool.

MIDI To

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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.

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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:

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Working with Graphs
The heart of LFO Tool lies in the graph, where you can sculpt a
up to ……custom shapes for your LFO.

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allows you to select which graph to display and edit.

The Graph Selector,

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clicking the Graph Selector does not change the sound you hear, it is
simply

changing which graph you are viewing and editing.

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allows the current selected graph to play

faster or slower than the global LFO Rate.

The Warp Multplier

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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

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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.

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The\_\_\_\_ button (disk icon) allows you to store your own creations to
the Shape Menu

Save

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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

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Create your own LFO Shape
The _____ area allows you to add/remove points and adjust
tension curves:

Graph Edit

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Graph Edit:
– will add a point to the graph at the location
of the mouse cursor.

Double-clicking

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Graph Edit:

– will snap a point to the Grid Size.

Alt-clicking / dragging

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Graph Edit:
– will add points to create a horizontal line
segment at the Grid Size

Shift-clicking

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Graph Edit:

– will remove the point

Double-clicking a point (or ctrl-click)

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Create your own LFO Shape

The graph edit area allows you to …… and adjust

a) add/remove points

b) tension curves

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Graph Edit

Each line segment has a _____.

curve

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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

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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

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:

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