Constructing a wavetable

[shigginpit]

Hi, are you thinking of using any particular device or DAW for this? I remember a couple of posts along these lines that might be helpful.

Explanation of Wavetable for Digitakt2 users

I am often asked by Digitakt2 newbies how to use Wavetable in Digitakt2, so I will explain Wavetable. First of all, the premise is that Wavetable is generally not used with Sampler such as Digitakt. I also do not recommend using Wavetable with Digitakt, for reasons I will explain later. Wavetable synthesis is a sample-based synthesis that uses a “wavetable,” a data set of various waveforms. The waveforms in the wavetable can be smoothly shifted over time, allowing the sound to dyna…

Wavetables - Am I doing this correctly?

(digitakt 2, latest OS) Can someone please make sure I’m doing wavetables correctly, and answer a question? I drop a factory wavetable in a slot Choose the GRID machine (not slice?) Grid length of 64 Now I can scan through, but I want each note I play (musical note on a keyboard) to pick a new, random slice, and I just can’t seem to get there. I’ve watched this, but it’s not clear how I can do what I’m wanting to do. I’m probably missing something very simple. What am I doing wrong? Than…

Ableton DIY Wavetable recipe for Digitakt II

[EDIT: See below for improved recipe] I figured out a quick-and-dirty way to make custom .wav files that can be loaded into Digitakt II’s Grid machine and used as wavetable synths. If anyone has an easier or more precise way to do this, please feel free to make suggestions. In Ableton Live, open a midi track and add Live’s Wavetable midi instrument. Choose the Wavetable settings you want, create an automation lane for the wavetable position parameter. Set the bpm to 967.50 [This is the closest…

I’m not too knowledgeable beyond what I’ve read here but hopefully that will get you started.

Good luck