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The Combo Platter

One of Harmonia's niftiest features (that we accidentally discovered) is that just about any of the sound programming techniques we've described can be combined. Following is an admittedly over-the-top example of how to make a single oscillator sound like... three-and-an-half oscillators?

Click the New button in the top left corner to create an initialized patch.
Click on the orange text in Oscillator 1's Waveform selector, and select the Vocal>Choral 3 wave.
Click the Harmonic Level Bar 1 at the bottom and drag it vertically to its max setting, then Harmonic Level Bar 2 about halfway up.
Make sure the Initial Level fader is turned up near max.
Set the Center slider between harmonics 6 and 7 (about 80%).
Now we'll modulate the Center slider. Click on the Src button in the Center Mod section and set it to LFOs>LFO 1 . Turn the gray Center Mod knob right to around 9%. Harmonic 6 and 7's skinny red VU meters should be going nuts.
Now we'll set up LFO parameters. Make sure the #1 tab is selected (it should be orange). We'll use the default triangle wave. Set the Rate to 2.25 Hz, and Bias to center.

Now we have the first two harmonics playing a static "base" note, and the higher harmonics flipping back and forth. But wait... we'll make an even bigger mess by using the Mod Matrix to modulate the levels of harmonics 4 and 5:

First, we'll set up an LFO. Click the LFO #3 tab, set the Rate to 2.00 Hz, the Wave to Square, and the Bias knob to center position (0%).

In the Mod Matrix, click the #3 button. Click in the blank Source window and select LFOs>LFO 3. Click in the blank Destination window and select Oscillator 1>4th Harmonic. Turn the Amount knob all the way up (+).
Now click Mod Matrix, button #4. Click in the blank Source window and select LFOs>LFO 3 here too. Click in the blank Destination window and select Oscillator 1>5th Harmonic. Turn the Amount knob all the way down (-).

How's that for a whole lotta sound from just one oscillator?!? We could even mod harmonic 3 with some other mod source for more chaos. Or mod the Width knob for splashes of all the harmonics - the possibilities are endless.

And finally, keep in mind that the red harmonic tuning knobs can be used to set the harmonic pitches however you'd like - that is, "higher" harmonics don't necessarily need to be higher.

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