Master

Global, instrument-wide controls. All parameters here are shared across both layers.

Tuning and level

• Master Tune (−12 to +12 st) — instrument-wide pitch transposition. Applies after per-layer tuning, including pitch modulation.
• Master Volume (0–1, default 0.7) — final output gain, per-sample smoothed to avoid zipper noise.

Drift

Master Drift (0–1, default 0) drives a slow random walk on every active oscillator’s tuning, modelling analogue tuning instability. At 0 every voice tracks its nominal pitch exactly; at 1 voices wander noticeably, broadening the stereo image and softening transients.

The drift is continuous, not a per-note snapshot — pitch keeps wandering for the whole lifetime of a held note. Two repeats of the same note will sound slightly different from each other and may not stay in tune with each other for long sustains.

Limiter

Limiter (Off / On, default Off) inserts a brick-wall limiter at the master output. Useful as a final safety net for heavy patches; in normal use, leave it off and manage your master level with the Master Volume knob.

The limiter is post-volume, so cranking Master Volume into the limiter is a valid way to push hot levels with a hard ceiling.

Oversampling

Oversample (Off / 2× / 4× / 8×, default 2×) sets the synthesis oversampling factor. The per-voice path (oscillators, sub, noise, cross-mod, filter, drive saturation) runs at the oversampled rate; effects run at host rate.

Changing the oversample setting at runtime is real-time safe (no allocations, no reload), but the decimator FIR state is reset on the switch — expect a brief dropout on any sounding note. Make the change between notes if you can.

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