The latest loopop video takes an in-depth look at the 4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator Eurorack module.

The Spherical Wavetable Navigator (SWN) is a six-channel synthesizer that’s designed to make it easy to create slowly morphing drones, polyphonic melodies, evolving sequences, and rich textures.

Topics covered:

0:00 Intro
0:50 How Wavetables work
1:10 Sphere Edit
2:10 Drawing waveforms
3:00 1D, 2D and 3D morph
6:45 Waveform effects
7:10 Panel layout
8:55 Fine tuning
9:30 Push functions
10:05 Editing channels
11:10 Spherical navigation
12:35 Dispersion
13:40 Using v/oct CV
14:30 Polyphonic control
16:00 The LFOs
17:35 LFO to VCA
19:55 Audio rate LFOs
20:35 LFO gate/trig modes
22:05 LFOs as envelopes
23:15 Note & Keyboard modes
23:40 Scales
24:30 Sampling spheres
25:20 Waveform effects
25:50 Presets
26:20 Pros and cons

The SWN features six wavetable oscillators, with independent pitch, level, and waveform controls. Six LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) can be used as modulation sources and/or envelopes, making it easy to add dynamic motion to your patch.

Each channel is a full voice and can be “played” using the top row of buttons, the internal LFOs, or note-change detection on the 1V/oct jacks.

The SWN ships with 12 three-dimensional (spherical) wavetables. You can also record and edit custom wavetables from live audio. A free, open-source application for Mac, Windows, and Linux,  SphereEdit, can be used to create your own Spherical wavetables for the SVN.

Pricing and Availability

The 4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator is available now for US $599.