Akai mfc42 Manuale Utente

The LFO stands for the Low Frequency Oscillator. The LFO waveform is used to control the pitch, level and

character of sound cyclically.

In the MFC42, the LFO is applied to the cut-off/resonance to change the character of sound cyclically. Also,

the waveform of LFO changes the way it changes the sound character.

It’s the parameter that changes the pitch, level and

character of sound in time span.

In the MFC42, it is applied to the cut-off/resonance

to change the sound in time.

The A/D/S/R knobs adjust the shape of envelope.

LFO  O N

LFO O FF

Applying LFO to Cutoff/Resonance . . .

In Cutoff

1 cycle

LFO waveform

apply this to cutoff . . .

   Time

Frequency

Cutoff frequency

The cutoff frequency changes along the LFO waveform.

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Slow

 1 cycle

Fast

1 cycle

The LFO speed means the length
of waveform.

Adjusting trigger timing of Envelope . . .

Slow

Trigger
timing

Trigger timing of Envelope

Fast

In Envelope, it adjusts the duration between Enve-
lopes, not like the cycle length in LFO. The ADSR
knobs adjust the shape of Envelope. When Enve-
lopes overlap as the duration is set too short, the
following envelope resets the previous one.
When Envelope is triggered by the Groove Modu-
lator described later, the shape of Envelope be-
comes as shown above since the sustain time is
zero. Refer also to [ADSR] on next page.

Applying Envelope to Cutoff/Resonance . . .

In Cutoff

When Envelope of this
ADSR setting is triggered . . .

Frequency

Note ON

Time

Note OFF

Cutoff frequency