- Genres
- Chiptune
Chiptune
Chiptune is characterized by low polyphony, basic waveforms and few effects (if any).
Due to chords being difficult to play with low polyphony, this is often compensated for by very fast arpeggiation of a chord on a single channel. This creates the illusion of chords playing, while only occupying one channel/voice. Alternatively, chords are "played" by playing only some notes that make up the chords, and not playing all of them.
Depending on the hardware era targeted, sounds may vary from basic square waves to rudimentary FM synthesis, sometimes even augmented by short lo-fi sampled instruments or one-shots.
In all cases, it is recommended to use multi-instrument mode for the number of tracks you intend to use. This helps you restrict your composition to a limited polyphony.
You may also be interested in...
- Chord progression with random inversions (under Example)
- Advanced delay effects (under Advanced techniques)
The output of either unit can be tapped and used as an oscillator in any patch by choosing it as an oscillator wave type.
- Sampler & vocoder (under Guides, tutorials and docs)
Your Woovebox includes a powerful sampler with 2m04s worth of total sampling time across a maximum of 512 samples ("slices").
- Auto-space reclaimer (under Sampler & vocoder)
If you wish to retain any part of the master sample it must be part of a slice.
- General advice (under Learning the Woovebox)
Getting to the point where you can use Song mode effectively is key to get the most out of your Woovebox.