Applies an amount of pitch bend to the current notes in accordance to the ranges set up in the bend range settings. Arpeggiator, Chord & Bend Range
Apply an amount of Modulation (MOD) to the sound, as set up in the Modulation section.
On the original OSCar, there was a single knob to perform both volume and filter drive, with the user firstly controlling volume up to approximately 75% open and, from there, introducing an overdrive. Interestingly, this overdrive function was added because many contemporary keyboard players, such as Jan Hammer and Billy Currie, were routing their instrument audio output through overdrive pedals for a more aggressive sound.
We’ve incorporated this overdrive into impOSCar3, but we’ve split volume and overdrive into two knobs, thus allowing a greater range of control between subtle and ‘blitzkrieg’ overdrive. For ‘blitzkrieg’ overdrive sounds, both high filter drive and volume settings are recommended, whereas rolling off the Filter Drive knob will produce distortion-free tones.
<aside> ⚠️ With a combination of the Filter Drive and Volume knobs, it’s possible to set a very high audio output level that can overload the output channel of your host application. Therefore, it’s important that you take into consideration the balance between volume, filter drive and your host application mixer output when programming sounds.
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Clicking on the red LED’s will transpose both Oscillators globally. Use this in conjunction with the OSC2 transpose Knobs to create relative transpositions.
When switched on, this acts as a hold function for both normal chords and arpeggios. Using this, it’s possible to play sustained chords and control arpeggiations in real-time with minimal effort.