The settings for this file create circular motion, and demonstrate the use of the modulators' phase controls. Go to full screen and observe. Then go to modulator 1. Observe that the horizontal and vertical waves are 90 degrees out of phase.
The Horizontal Motion wavetable shows a wave starting at the peak of it's cycle while the Vertical Motion wavetable's wave starts at the midpoint of its rise. Also the boxes at the end of the Phase scroll bars show 90 and 0 respectively. When these waveforms combine, they create a circle.
As this phaze relationship changes from 0-90 to say 0-60 the circular motion will begin to flatten out.
whew.
Freeze Points
Click the left mouse button somewhere within the circle. This selects the center of motion or
"freeze point" for the movement generated by Horizontal Motion 1 and Vertical Motion 1. Try
clicking on other locations in the screen, including close to a corner. Observe how the
combination of these two controls and your placement of the freeze point combine to define the
movement of one end of the line.
Now let's turn our attention to the other end of the line. Judging from the fact that it isn't moving
we can assume that Horizontal Motion 2 and Vertical Motion 2 are set to 0 Amplitude. Let's take a shortcut to Modulator 2. Press <shift 2> to go directly to this screen (<shift one> would have
taken us to Modulator 1). The Amplitude settings show that our assumption was correct. Return to
Full Screen and experiment with clicking the right button in various locations. Since there is no
motion, setting the freeze point for this end of the line simply sets its location.
Adding New Shapes
Add another drawing shape, with its own set of freeze points by pressing <0>. Initially the new
shape's freeze points will be set for the upper left hand corner. Reset them. Add more shapes and
define their freeze points. Subtract shapes by pressing <9>.
Explore
Try changing the "number of cycles" and selecting different waveforms at Modulator 1. Add some
motion to the other end of the line(s) in Modulator 2.