Engaging MATHS Cycle makes the channel self-oscillate, turning the function generator into an LFO or audio-rate oscillator

MATHS’s Cycle button (or Cycle input) makes Channel 1 or 4 self-oscillate: the channel re-triggers itself at the end of each function, generating a continuous repeating voltage. At slow Rise/Fall settings this is an LFO; pushed fast it reaches audio rate (up to 1kHz), becoming an oscillator. The Cycle input gives voltage control of the cycling state — Gate HIGH cycles, Gate LOW stops (unless the button is engaged) — which lets another signal gate the LFO on and off. Vari-Response sets the waveform shape: linear Rise/Fall yields a triangle, and asymmetric or exponential settings reshape it toward ramps and spikes.

Examples

CH1 Cycle ON, Rise/Fall at 12:00, Vari-Response Linear -> triangle LFO. Rise full CCW, Fall past noon -> saw/ramp LFO. Rise and Fall very fast -> audio-rate oscillator.

Assessment

What sets the LFO rate, and what sets its waveform shape? How would you make MATHS cycle only while another sequencer’s gate is high?