Wave Generator

The Wave Generator audio object generates the sine tone for a given frequency and gain depending on control pins. This audio object has either no input or one input channel. It has one output channel and two control pins.

Use case: The purpose of Wave Generator audio object is to generate sine waves for a specified frequency and gain in Signal Flow Designer, mostly to test the speakers.

Wave Generator Properties

Below table describes about the Wave Generator audio object properties and functionality.

Properties	Description
Display Name	Display the name of the Wave Generator audio object in signal flow design. It can be changed based on the intended usage of the object.
Object Mode	Wave generator objects operate in one of the following two modes. Sine – Without Input Sine – With Input Sweep

Mode

The Wave Generator object supports three different modes of operation.

Mode	Description
Sine – Without Input	This mode generates sine wave signal for specified frequency and gain. This is the default mode.
Sine – With Input	This mode generates sine wave signal for specified frequency and gain and mixes the generated signal with input signal. This mode is used for cascading sines.
Sweep	This mode generates frequency sweep signal for specified start and end frequency, gain, sweep time, sweep type, and loop type.

Additional Parameters

There are no additional parameters available for Wave Generator audio object.

Tuning Parameters

Below table describes the tuning parameters of Wave Generator audio object.

Mode	Parameter	Description	Unit	Data Type	Range	Default
Sine – Without input	Bypass	The generator is turned ON(0)/OFF(1)	None	ULong	0 or 1	0
	Gain	Gain of generated signal	dB	Float	-128 to 0	-128
	Frequency	Frequency of generated signal	Hz	Float	0 to 20000	0
Sine – With input	Bypass	The generator is turned ON(0)/OFF(1)	None	ULong	0 or 1	0
	Gain	Gain of generated signal	dB	Float	-128 to 0	-128
	Frequency	Frequency of generated signal	Hz	Float	0 to 20000	0.0
Sweep	StartFreq	Start frequency of sweep signal to be generated	Hz	Float	20 to 20000	20
	EndFreq	End frequency of sweep signal to be generated	Hz	Float	20 to 20000	20000
	SweepTime	Duration of sweep	s	Float	0.1 to 20	2
	Gain	Gain of generated signal	dB	Float	-120 to 20	-20
	SweepMethod	Type of frequency sweep. LOG (0) method varies the frequency sweep logarithmically. LINEAR (1) method varies the frequency linearly.	None	Signed Integer	0 – Logarithmic 1 – Linear	0
	LoopType	Type of looping/repetition of the signal after “SweepTime”. The loop type can be NONE (0) where the signal is generated once from “StartFreq” to “EndFreq” and stopped. STARTTOEND (1) where the signal is generated and repeated starting from “StartFreq” to “EndFreq” WARBLE (2) where the signal is generated and repeated from “StartFreq” to “EndFreq” and “EndFreq” to “StartFreq” in succession	None	Signed Integer	0 – None 1 – START_TO_ END 2 – WARBLE	0

Control Interface

Below table describes the control parameters of Wave Generator audio object.

Mode	Parameter	Description	Unit	Range
Sine – Without input	Frequency	Frequency of generated signal	Hz	0 to 20,000
	Gain	Gain of generated signal	dB	-128 to 0
	Active	When transition from high to low (Inactive): Completes the signal generation until zero cross over and mute the output and mute input signal for object mode Sine – with input. When transition from low to high (Active): Reset phase of the signal and signal generation is active and unmute input signal for object mode Sine – with input.	None	0 to 1
Sine – With input	Frequency	Frequency of generated signal	Hz	0 to 20,000
	Gain	Gain of generated signal	dB	-128 to 0
	Active	When transition from high to low (Inactive): Completes the signal generation until zero cross over and mute the output and mute input signal for object mode Sine – with input. When transition from low to high (Active): Reset phase of the signal and signal generation is active and unmute input signal for object mode Sine – with input.		0 to 1

There are no control inputs in ‘Sweep’ mode.

There are no control outputs for this audio object.

Native Panel

Wave Generator object t does not support native panel.