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Sound Parameters – Routing
Waldorf Q User’s Manual 84
Routing
The Routing section is one of the advanced features of the Q. Its purpose is to control the signal flow
of the filters. In comparison with many other synthesizers where signal flow is static, the Q offers a
completely flexible configuration.
The following picture of the Q’s front panel shows the Routing section:
Routing
Amp
EFX
Mixer
Osc 1
Ring Mod
Osc 2
Osc 3
Noise/Ext
Filter Pan
PanFilter
2 2
11
Left
Right
Picture 22: Routing Section Q Keyboard
The Q offers two independent filters and panning units. In fact, the panning units are part of the filters
in the Q. The routing control makes it possible to blend the signal flow continuously from a parallel to
a serial filter configuration and vice versa. Even more, the routing control is fully modulatable via the
modulation matrix.
This is how the Routing section works in detail:
As can be seen in the picture, the Mixer section uses two separate outputs – one
connected to the input of Filter 1, the other connected to the input of Filter 2. Each sound
source, i.e. the oscillators, the ring modulator and the noise generator/external input has
an individual Balance control in the Mixer. By means of these controls you can
determine what portion of each source’s signal is routed to the inputs of Filter 1 and Filter
2. E.g. this makes it possible to send the signal of Oscillator 1 and 2 to Filter 1 and the ring
modulation signal to Filter 2.
The output of Filter 1 is split up into two paths. The Routing knob determines the ratio of
the signals for each path. The LED beside the knob will give you a visual control of the
setting.
Fully counterclockwise, the Routing parameter is set to 0. Then the whole output signal
of Filter 1 is routed to the input of Filter 2, added to the amount of signal that is already
coming from the Mixer through its dedicated output. This setting is equivalent to a serial
connection of the two filters.
Turning the knob clockwise will increase the amount of signal that is sent to the panning
unit of Filter 1 and decrease the amount of signal that feeds the input of Filter 2.
Fully clockwise, the Routing parameter is set to 127. Then the whole output signal of
Filter 1 is routed to the filter’s panning unit. This setting is equivalent to a parallel routing
of two filters, each filtering the input signals independently.
After passing the panning units, both signals are summed up again and sent to the
Amplifier and FX sections.
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