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civ77 · Post by **civ77** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 2:19 pm

Can anyone explain what the Create via Harmonics option does? I can't find any documentation on it.

AndreasD · Post by **AndreasD** » Sat Jul 01, 2017 4:10 pm

That's the right click on the wave form in an oscillator, I guess.

If you see the standard sine wave as the basic harmonic then you create new waveforms by adding various amounts of harmonics of the base wave.
The harmonics are multiples of the base sine wave frequency.

If you enter in that Create via Harmonics window:
100,0,50,75 you will create a waveform containing of (in this example I use a base frequency of 250 Hz
- the base (250Hz) sine wave with 100% amplitude
- the second harmonic (500Hz) with 0% amplitude
- the third harmonic (750Hz) with 50% amplitude
- the fourth harmonic (1000Hz) with 75% amplitude

So you can create all sorts of waves. Organs work like this, or if you use every odd harmonic and reduce level the higher you go, you get a square.

Another good exercise is to see your result (with open filters!) in the spectrum analyzer. You will see exactly your entered frequencies and levels.

Reincke · Post by **Reincke** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:32 am

Wow, that's a really great feature. I could have used it perfectly for creating the female voice synth in my latest track. Will try this.
MuLab is so f***ing great ...

BTW: As long as features like this are not mentioned (better: explained) in the documentation, MuLab will remain the most underrated DAW. My opinion.
JR

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:50 am

^^^It might be useful for MuLab documentation to be a Wiki, so users could explain features, link to DSP definitions elsewhere, share workflows for using features, give examples-- basically all the great info in threads such as these but in one central place and user-moderated.

heks · Post by **heks** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:18 pm

Michael L wrote:^^^It might be useful for MuLab documentation to be a Wiki, so users could explain features, link to DSP definitions elsewhere, share workflows for using features, give examples-- basically all the great info in threads such as these but in one central place and user-moderated.

Totally agree with you Michael

SparkySpark · Post by **SparkySpark** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:56 pm

Agree. MuLab is so powerful, it's a shame that some features are a bit hidden.

I hope that some of the experts could come up with a good video series, like the one put together for Reaper and put on Reaper's home page. That would really make MuLab much more well-known.