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How to achieve PWM on Rolands

SuperJV / XP and XV series
Postedby: DonSolaris On: March22,2014
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Compatibility:JV1080andup
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ThesuperJVseriesfeaturestwosawwavesthathaveinvertedamplitudetoeachother.Alittle

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ThesuperJVseriesfeaturestwosawwavesthathaveinvertedamplitudetoeachother.Alittle
bitofmathshowsusifweplaythemboth,wewillgetsilenceattheoutput,butifwedetune
oneofthem,wewillgetPulseWidthModulation.Basicprocedure:
Initializethesound.
TurnonT1andT2.
GotoWG1,andselectSynthSaw2
GotoWG2,andselectSynSaw2inv
Ok,nowwegotthebasicsetup.Nextthingistocreatedetune.Toavoidthemodulationsound
exactlythesameeachtimeweplaythenote,wewillcreatedetunebyusingRandomPitch.
SetRandomPitchonWG2to:1
Nowwemustbecarefulhere,becauserandommeanssometimes0attheoutput,andthat
wouldresultinnodetune=silence.TopreventthiswewilladdFineTunewhichmustbeatleast
+2.Why?Becausetherearetwopossiblecases.Incasea)randomgives0atoutput,FineTune
of+2preservesnonzerovalue(itwillbe+2).Incaseb)randomgives1attheoutput,Fine
Tuneof+2againpreservesnonzerovalue(totalfinetunewillbe+1).
SetFineTuneonWG2to:+2
IassumemostpeoplewouldusePWMforthebass,therefore:
SetCoarseTuneofWG1andWG2to:12
Youwillnoticethesoundplaysveryslowpulsewidthmodulation.Togivemoreexpressionwe
willaddonecontrollertomodifythepitchofoneoscillator.Pleasebecarefulhere.Youcant
assignthismodulatortoanyToneyoudesire.Itmustbethetonethatweapplieddetune
function.Inourcase,thiswouldbetheTone2.
GotoPATCHLFO&Ctrl#1(MatrixControl)
MatrixControl1SourcesettoCC01:MODULATION
AsDestinationsetPITCH,andput+6toSns(sensitivity)
DisableTone1withinmatrixtomakeitlooklikethis:PITCH:+6>_ooo
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SetTVAasnecessary
NowwhenyoumoveModulationWheelup,youwillfastenthePulseWidthModulation.Ifyou
wantfasterPWMbydefault,puthighervaluesatWG2FineTune.Andthatsaboutit!
Bythreemethodswemaylearnwisdom:First,byreflection,whichisnoblestSecond,by
imitation,whichiseasiestandthirdbyexperience,whichisthebitterest.Confucius

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