Wavetables for Icarus 2

The format Icarus 2 imports

Loads packed WAV wavetables in the Icarus wav format — frames in series at exactly 2,048 samples each, 1–256 waveforms — including tables from Serum and Falcon; drag & drop onto the oscillator's 3D display or load via the oscillator/editor menu.

What Hyperwave exports

Every Hyperwave export is one packed wavetable WAV. Check these facts against the Icarus 2 format above — where the two disagree, the fix is almost always the frame size or a conversion step, not the sound design.

Sample format

32-bit float by default (values between -1 and +1); 16-bit WAV is a direct export option for targets that load integer banks.

Channels

1 (mono). Every frame is one single-cycle waveform.

Header sample rate

48,000 Hz by default. This is a label in the file header — for wavetable import it doesn't stretch or resample your frames. One exception: VCV Rack's Wavetable VCO reads the sample-rate field as the frame length when it's a power of two, and sample players that fall back to one-shot mode use it for pitch.

Frame layout

Frames are packed end-to-end in one data chunk, in wavetable order; the export filename records the shape as name-{samples}x{frames}.wav.

Resolution

The live table runs from 8 to 8,192 samples per frame and 8 to 1,024 frames (defaults 2,048 × 256). Single-table and collection exports can render 8–16,384 samples per frame and 1–256 frames.

Metadata

Hyperwave writes no extra wavetable metadata chunks. Importers use the audio layout, their own defaults, or settings you choose to interpret the frames.

Load a Hyperwave table into Icarus 2

1. Export from Hyperwave as a packed mono WAV at 2,048 samples per frame with at most 256 frames — Icarus's documented layout (N × 2,048).
2. Drag & drop the WAV onto an oscillator's 3D display, or use Load Wavetable (N*2048 samples, Icarus, Serum, Falcon) from the oscillator menu or the Wavetable editor's File menu.
3. Save the patch — Icarus stores wavetables inside patches and songs, so no separate file needs managing.

Read the full import guide

Common issues

• A wavetable can consist of 1 to 256 waveforms — keep Hyperwave exports at 256 frames or fewer.