Oscillators introduced

Bazille CM’s ultra-powerful Oscillator modules are the beating heart of the synth. Let’s run down the controls, from top to bottom.

Tune adjusts the tuning of the oscillator, and depending on the Tune Mode (click the orange-on-black text field below the knob to access this as a dropdown menu), this adjustment may be made in semitones, Hertz, or as a harmonic of the note played. There’s even a Clocked mode for using the oscillators as LFOs. A tuning offset can be made via Modify, which has its own Modify Modes. The next knob, Tune Modulation, has a grey input node – this allows us to connect another part of the synth to it, to further offset the tuning using a control signal, also with several Tune Modulation Modes.

Next, Phase Modulation and Phase, with another dropdown for Phase Modulation Mode. These controls are your gateway to FM synthesis, and understanding the Tune Modes will allow you to make the most of this section.

Moving down the Osc 1 and Osc 2 modules, we find the Phase Distortion

Modulation and Phase Distortion (PD) controls, along with two

Wave Selector and one Shape dropdowns – use these to cook up the famous plastic-like tones associated with phase distortion synths such as Casio’s CZ-101.

Right at the bottom of the oscillator panels, the Fractalize control, alongside its associated modulation input and mode dropdown, is a sort of super-charged hard sync, while the very bottom of the module carries a simple Volume control with modulation input. Finally, note that the Oscillator has two red output nodes: one pre- and one post-Volume.

“The Fractalize control is a sort of super-charged hard sync”