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[NO BUG] lfo automator is not bipolar...
#11
There are no known issues with the automators / lfos and what you describe doesn't seem to be an issue either.

If the offset setting in the automator is at 0, then your waveform generates like -2,5 to +2,5 (lets say volt).
This is shown properly in the automator below, left form the middlepoint it's the negative value, right form it the positive value.

This waveform is now being added (and subtracted) to your CV output.

If the switch is to the left, then your CV output range is -5 Volt to + 5 volt.
In this case and you have the voltage at C-0 (000), then you got -5 volt. It can't go any lower than that. So the LFO added would produce -2,5 volt on the higher wave and -5 on the lower. = cut off as it can't go any lower.
If you play a C-5 or set it to 800, then you got 0 volt on the output. If you add the LFO now, then you would get +2,5 volt on the first half and -2,5volt and the 2nd half of the wave.

The same with the switch to the right but then you got to add 5 volt to all these values. Then it can't go lower than 0 volt and will cut all below off.
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#12
Just as a follow-up. Did you manage to get it working well?
The function of the LFO (automators) are all ok. The usage is not abnormal but a flexible way to use the LFO as standalone or in combination with notes, other modulations or automators. There is just a simple setup for your use-case and you need to know that automator values are added in a bipolar way within the possible range of 10 Volt.

You can perfectly let it run between -5 and +5 Volt but of course when you add an offset then, it gets clipped as the max range is 10 volt. Same for below.
If you have a lower amplitude, you have more room for adding/removing an offset.
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#13
I saw a similar issue and was confused until I wrote this post and finally realized what is happening.  So the voltages seen by my Mordax weren't matching what I saw in the NerdSeq automator visualizer.  I set up LFO automators to output to CV for tracks 1 and 4 with the same parameters.  The track 1 LFO worked fine: I see a nice sine wave swinging from -5V to +5V (the green line on the Mordax).  But for some reason, track 4 showed only the top half of the sine wave ranging from -5V to 0V.  The white dot that shows the current value on the NerdSeq automators screen looks correct -- it swings all the way left and right -- but the voltage coming out didn't match that.

I understand the automator's CV output is added to any other CV output, but since the sequencer was off I assumed there was no other CV being output to the track.  But it seems there is ALWAYS CV coming from the tracks, even when the sequencer is off.  I created a brand new project, went straight to the automator, and set up an LFO on track 1.  It was only showing me the top half of the sine at values of -5V to 0V!  Then I created a pattern on track 1 and used the FX set CV.  If I set the value to 800, turn on the sequencer so the FX take effect, and then turn off the sequencer, I see the full waveform.  I believe this is because 800 is 0V.  I'm guessing the default CV value for a track with no patterns is 0, ie: -5V.  This would explain what I saw: when -5V from the (nonexistent) pattern is added to the LFO (-5v to +5V), we get -10V to 0V which becomes -5 to 0 when the CVs are added in a bipolar fashion.
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