Wavetables for modwave native

The format modwave native imports

Same two import formats as the hardware modwave: 32-bit float with exactly 2,048-sample waves (Serum-style, up to 64 waves end-to-end) or 16-bit with exactly 256-sample waves — also capped at 64 waves per file.

What Hyperwave exports

Every Hyperwave export is one packed wavetable WAV. Check these facts against the modwave native 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).

Metadata

No extra metadata chunks are written — targets that read frame size from metadata have to infer it from the file itself.

Load a Hyperwave table into modwave native

1. Export from Hyperwave at 2,048 samples per frame, 64 frames or fewer (float).
2. In the modwave native Librarian page, open the main menu and choose Import WAV As Wavetable.
3. Save the resulting wavetable to a user bank.

Read the full import guide