Wavetables for Vital

The format Vital imports

Packed WAV (FLAC loads too when dragged in) imported frame-by-frame; Vital assumes 2,048 samples per frame and reads the left channel of stereo files. Its own wavetable exports are 256-frame, 2,048-sample WAVs.

What Hyperwave exports

Every Hyperwave export is one packed wavetable WAV. Check these facts against the Vital 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 Vital

1. Export from Hyperwave as a packed mono WAV at 2,048 samples per frame — the frame size Vital assumes on import.
2. Drag the WAV onto Vital's wavetable display, or choose Import Wavetable from the wavetable menu (the drag-drop zones are WAVETABLE, VOCODE, and PITCH SPLICE).

Read the full import guide

Common issues

• Vital assumes 2,048 samples per frame, so a table exported at another frame size plays back at the wrong pitch — re-export at 2,048, Hyperwave's default.