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Im not a expert i just create sounds in ableton live & stuff.
To me a sine sounds pure, no clicks or abrupt changes from positive to negative,
a square wave is harsh & clicks twice per cycle, because of the abrupt & extent of changes
a triangle / ramp sounds less harsh & clicks just once per cycle, with a line between,
A pulse sounds more clicky because of the abrupt change but most of the cycle has zero amplitude so the click is emphasised.(dreams pulse looks different to say PWM so may sound less clicky)
My point, listen to how clicky as well as how tonal the sound is.
As for % Values, no clue , i just try it & listen, in context, for the most useable sounds i create,
I abandoned the notion of making instruments in isolation because when you come to use them they would be in the wrong space or frequency range so would take work to fix, killing the creative flow, just make it as i need it in context.
If you are trying to emulate some specific sound or instrument all i can really suggest is look at Mm included instuments, mostly or all made from samples, look at the samples, from the brief look i had it has classic synths, orchestra, organs, zoom in on the waveform in the slice editor,
In my experience a lot of a sound you hear is audio effects, & instrument, fx modulation.