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S32 LFOs

16 global LFOs modulate device parameters, LFO parameters, and macros. Each LFO has its own waveform, rate, and depth.

LFO grid

Main Menu → S32 LFOs (or encoder shortcut if configured).

LFO grid — page 1

  • Four LFOs per page with live waveform preview
  • Turn the encoder Encoder selects LFO; Press Select (short) Select opens editor
  • Left/right arrows change page (1–4)

LFO editor

LFO editor

ParameterWhat it does
EnabledLFO on/off
WaveformSine, triangle, square, saw, and more
FrequencySpeed (or division when synced)
PhaseStart position in the cycle
AmplitudeModulation depth
OffsetDC offset added to output
SyncLock rate to project clock

Assign to a device parameter

From any rack device parameter list, open the side menu → Assign LFO:

Assign LFO side menu

One LFO per parameter. LFO badges appear on assigned parameter rows.

LFO-to-LFO modulation

An LFO can modulate another LFO’s parameters (frequency, amplitude, phase, etc.) within the same domain — either S32 LFOs or CV16 LFOs, not cross-domain.

From the LFO editor

  1. Open Main Menu → S32 LFOs and select the target LFO (the one whose parameter will be modulated).
  2. Highlight the parameter row (e.g. Frequency).
  3. Open the side menu → Assign LFO and pick the source LFO.

Assign LFO to LFO frequency

From a knob macro

Set macro mode to S32 LFO Parameter, pick the target LFO and parameter, then map knob travel with Minimum / Maximum. This is knob → LFO mapping — see Mapping and S32 LFO macro mode.

S32 LFO macro

Loop prevention

The firmware rejects assignments that would create a modulation loop in the same LFO domain:

Blocked caseExample
Self-modulationLFO 3 → LFO 3 frequency
Direct cycleLFO 1 → LFO 2, then LFO 2 → LFO 1
Longer chain cycleLFO 1 → LFO 2 → LFO 3 → LFO 1

WARNING

When you try to add an edge that would close a cycle, the assignment is silently refused — the existing routing stays unchanged.

  Allowed:   LFO 1 ──► LFO 2 ──► LFO 3
  Blocked:   LFO 3 ──► LFO 1   (would close the loop above)

  Allowed:   LFO 1 ──► device param
             LFO 2 ──► LFO 1 frequency   (no cycle — device param is not in the LFO graph)

  Blocked:   LFO 2 ──► LFO 1
             LFO 1 ──► LFO 2 amplitude   (2-cycle)

INFO

Cycle detection runs per domain (S32 vs CV16). Cross-domain links cannot form a processing loop, so they are not subject to this check.

TIP

Use LFO-to-LFO for slow sweeps of rate or depth. Keep chains acyclic — fan out one source LFO to many targets, but never route back to an LFO upstream in the same chain.