Operation Manual

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Figure 13: Tutorial 1, step 6
Step 7: Saving your synth
We will conclude this example by saving the instrument you have just made.
• To save a patch, use the Save Instrument or Save Instrument As command from the File
menu. A dialog box will appear with “untitled instrument” highlighted, write the name you
want your instrument to have and click OK. A new instrument with the name you wrote will
appear under the Instrument section of the Browser.
You can open an instrument by double-clicking on its name in the Browser. If you want to
work again on your instrument in the Builder, hit Ctrl-T/Apple-T.
2.2 Tutorial 2 Playing a Synth with a Keyboard
The synthesizer we have constructed in the preceding tutorial gives some interesting results but is
not very convenient for playing melodies. In this second tutorial we will replace the LFO which
controlled the VCO with a keyboard so that the pitch of the VCO changes according to the note
being played on the keyboard. You will learn to:
• Use a MIDI keyboard in your instrument.
• Create envelopes.
• Link MIDI controllers to the Player interface controls.
• Create polyphonic instruments.
Step 1: Connecting a keyboard
Description
The Keyboard module reads and interprets control signals coming from a MIDI keyboard or host
sequencer. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and is a communication protocol