Wavetables for Phase Plant

The format Phase Plant imports

Loads user wavetables from WAV or FLAC files of exactly 256 frames × 2,048 samples (524,288 samples); the built-in wavetable editor converts any other sample into a wavetable. Bit depth is not specified.

What Hyperwave exports

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

1. Export from Hyperwave at exactly 256 frames × 2,048 samples (524,288 total).
2. Click the wavetable name to open the browser, add the file's folder as a user folder, then load the table.
3. For other lengths or frame sizes, open the wavetable editor and use the sample conversion — drag the file onto the editor or File → Create from Sample — then save the result.

Read the full import guide

Common issues

• Direct loads require exactly 524,288 samples (256 × 2,048); any other frame count or frame size must be rebuilt through the wavetable editor's sample conversion.