Custom Waves in Operator

[Chris Tian]

Hi,

can anyone explain me or can point me to a reference which explains how custom drawn waves work technically?

Why did we cover tens of years always only sinus, square, pulse and sawtooth?

[deva]

It is an additive waveform... so you can draw the partials (either 16, 32 or 64)

[justin]

I'll add a bit more... The lines to the left are the lower harmonics, and to the right you have the upper harmonics. Generally speaking, the highest bar along the x axis describes the fundamental of the sound (the main pitch) and the other bars represent the harmonics of the sound (these are usually lower than the fundamental). The configuration of these bars describes the even and odd harmonics (think saw or square wave) in the sound, and as such you could recreate the classic sine, square and saw waveforms. But you can also create lots of weird and wonderful timbres that cannot be accomplished through the use of "traditional" waveforms.