Wavetable Synthesis

As of firmware 3.0, your Woovebox now includes wavetable synthesis.

Pioneered by Wolfgang Palm (PPG) in 1979 and further popularized by his successful Wave 2.x synthesizers, wavetable synthesis takes a limited number of single-cycle waveforms (often a collection of 64) and interpolates/"morphs" between them, over time, in different ways.

The wavetable synthesis sound is often characterized by complex evolving pads, metallic timbres, bells, grand/cinematic synth hits, voice-adjacent timbres, and - often - an overall distinctly cold and digital sound that does not shy away from aliasing or lo-fi grittiness.

The specific Woovebox implementation features;

• two wavetables oscillators per voice, sharing one scanning source and one amplitude modulation block
• eight built-in sets of 64 single-cycle tables
• custom wavetable support (compatible with many other wavetable synths that use the standard 32Kb / 8 x 8 x 256 sample single-cycle waveforms WAVs such as the ones produced by the WaveEdit software)
• scanning control signal via repurposed oscillator 2 amplitude modulation block, allowing for complex timbre changes via EG, LFO, key tracking and more
• regular use of all effects, filters, pitch LFOs and third sub/super oscillator

The preset category under 11/A3 on the 'Pach' page, exclusively contains Wavetable patches, while the patch randomizer is a veritable goldmine for new patches.

The sonic sweetspot for Woovebox wavetable patches are typically found in the medium-to-low ocataves, where the lower octaves can exhibit some extremely involved textures.