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Hi there!

I'm having this issue where I want a nice sine wave deep sub bass, set it to the frequency I want, but (of course) when you play notes, it's always the same note that comes out.

Do I have have to map the Freq. knob to the virtual keyboard or something ?

Thanks!

just leave it as it is and play different notes. (edit. doh i meant uncheck the fixed tick)

fixed means fixed and nothing more complicated - the osc. will always stay at the same frequency.

I must be doing something wrong then. Do I need to use more than 1 OSC ? What algo. would you use for that ?

fixed is not fit for your purpose. Its more for drum kits. Either play a really low octave . Maybe pull transpose right down. Or create a drum rack of operators- each tuned to yummy frequency. Microtonal madness!

If I don't use fixed, I can't get low enough for sub bass. I'll have to double check that this evening.

use an instrument rack
use 2 instances of operator
1 with the sub in
and the other with the synth sound
now you can have your low sub and synth sound playing together from the same key hit

Interesting, thanks people.