LFO - How does it work?

Elektron Gear Digitone/Digitone Keys
#1

I am sitting here for an hour just to get a straight 1/4 synced Saw LFO.
Free running without note triggering.

The manual says:
Try settings of 8, 16 or 32 to sync the LFO to straight beats.

But whats on the second Page? Set to Multiplier 1?

Besides I don’t understand the concept of BPM synced hard to 120 BPM if I am not at 120 BPM. Whats that for? Straight 120 BPM Rockers?

All that numbers make no sense…I know 32 is 1/4 in the Delay…

Please can someone explain how to set the LFO right?

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#3

Thanks. Nice, but can anyone else please answer my question?

#4

are you unable to hear the effect? set the spd to 16 and then move the multiplier up from one. if it becomes close, but isn;t the beat you want, move to the spd indicator again and depress the knob to move in easily divisible steps.
also make sure that the depth knob is not set to 0. i find this parameter can be really sensitive, so depending on what you are manipulating, only a couple decimals might be needed.

#5

speed : often asked and well discussed … certainly applies to recent Analogs onwards

if you want a regular LFO shape to cycle every bar, you set the factor of speed and Multiplier to 128 (or -128)

so e.g. Spd 1 Mult 128, Spd 4 Mul 32, Spd -2 Mul 64
this is in free mode btw !

The random LFO is 16 times faster, so at the same rate as above, the random value will change every trig step, well kinda, certainly at that rate

120 is an equivalent rate- it’s just to freeze an lfo from tempo shifts - the 120 aspect means absolutely nothing - some sounds need fixed lfo rates disconnected from tempo

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#6

Thanks. Yes, I am able to hear the effect, but I try to understand how that works. :wink: Now at Multi 16 I get 1/4 LFO at Speed 32.

@avantronica Thanks, now I guess I am on the way, I have to multiply speed. So in my case it’s factor 512 for 1/4th sync. Not sure have to check again…

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#7

there are also threads on aligning phase for a free running LFO - tip: do it once at beginning on a p-lock

this factor calc is where mult is handy as it lends itself to musical subdivisions if you increase decrease and have a speed that is like a binary step i.e. 1 2 4 8 16 32 or 64

it’s well laid out - the arbitrary 120 one is just tempo decoupled and super handy

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#8

wow…that gets very interesting with p-locks. (and mathmatic)
Yes, I believe you 120 is handy, it is quiet unusal…so far using Hz instead.

Thanks.

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#9

I just found that useful PDF relating to LFO Speed for the monomachine, too.

http://elektron-users.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&Itemid=30&gid=22&orderby=dmdate_published

Formula
• (multiplier value × speed)/128 = number of LFO cycles per bar

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#10

Well, and I translated that into my language:

Multi 16/Speed (X) 16/1(8/1) 16/2(4/1) 16/4 (2/1) 16/8 (1/1) 16/16 (1/2) 16/32 (1/4) 16/64 (1/8)
Multi 24/Speed (X) 24/1(8/1t) 24/2 (4/1t) 24/4 (2/1t) 24/8 (1/1t) 24/16(1/2t) 24/32 (1/4t) 24/64(1/8t)
Multi 32/Speed (X) 32/1(4/1) 32/2 (2/1) 32/4 (1/1) 32/8 (1/2) 32/16 (1/4) 32/32 (1/8) 32/64 (1/16)
Multi 48/Speed (X) 48/1 (4/1t) 48/2 (2/1t) 48/4 (1/1t) 48/8(1/2t) 48/16(1/4t) 48/32(1/8t) 48/64(1/16t)

Multi and Speed can be xchanged, doesn`t matter…Note Values in the brackets…Perhaps someone finds that useful.

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