LFOs - offset

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hm, i am having a hard time to understand this. if the offset is zero half of the lfo is just useless. no matter the position of the cv offset switch. this behaviour doesn't mirror the display of the lfo position in the automate screen. adding an external -5 offset via another module doesn't really work, since the output still only gives half of the lfo.

from my logic the output should give negative voltage if the lfo is left of the middle marker and positive voltage if it is right. so, depending on where the switch is between -5...5V or between 0...10V

i simply can' wrap my head around the current behaviour and the description above. or is there a setting somewhere, that i missed?

The offset switch is only a hardware switch that adds 5 volt (or not). The range is always 10 volts.

The Automators are 'bipolar' by itself and please understand if you use the CV output as destination then it is being added to the current CV voltage generated by notes or pitches.
If this CV output is at -5 Volt (assuming the offset switch is on the left side) then the signal can't go lower than - 5 volt. The Automator LFO is adding it's current result to this CV. If the LFO is on it's negative phase then it is subtracting of course but since it can't go lower than -5 volt it will stay there and practically clips off your negative LFO phase. (the same if you would have the switch to the right then it would clip at 0 volt instead)
If the LFO is on its positive phase then it adds to the -5 volt (can go up to 0 volt then = half the possible CV range) or if the switch is on the right then it can go up to 5 volt.

So to be able to get the full wave you got to set the CV output to 0 volt (or 5 Volt switch right) (Note C-5 / Pitch 800) and then the automator LFO will swing around that 0 volt positive and negative within the selected LFO amplitude.

The Automate LFO screen doesn't know anything about what is coming out of the CV output (and thus nothing about the Offset switch either). It just knows it's own LFO (which is what you see on the screen). And it is very flexible and covers all use-cases from a simple vibrato around the note up to a full -5/+5V LFO swing. But it all depends on being set up well.