Octave and Pitch are also influential on the results of oscillator blending. The amount of distortion introduced by the blending is dependent on the shape of the two oscillators’ source waveforms, and each of the Blend modes can sound very different depending on the oscillator signals. Polysynth’s Oscillator Blend modes might seem complicated and unfathomable to the uninitiated, but they provide flexible options for combining the waveforms of two oscillators into a more complex signal.

Use it as an advanced mixdown tool within an EQ, to make an external signal duck a specific frequency range or as a crazy sound design tool, modulating parameters of your Polysynth with the amplitude of a drum loop, for example. It turns the amplitude of the incoming signal into a modulation source, ready to be assigned to any parameter. For infinitely more creative sidechaining, though, take a look at the Audio Sidechain Modulator, which has additional settings to adjust and filter the incoming sidechain signal to your requirements. Some Bitwig devices can accept sidechain audio signals from anywhere in your project.

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