Instruction Manual

Bottom Sliders

At the bottom of the window you have three additional controllers that are also part of

the patch. Just as with the surrounding controllers, you can click any slider with the

control-key (Windows) or command-key ⌘ (Mac) held down to reset to its default etc.

Wheel Scaling

This slider controls how much the mod wheel will make the branches grow or in

other words how much it will modulate the sound.

Velocity Sensitivity

Velocity Sensitivity determines how much MIDI velocity affects the patch. On the far

left (0%), velocity is ignored entirely. The default setting of 50% should be well-

adjusted for most sounds.

(There is also a global velocity response curve that is not part of the patch. Read the MIDI

Config Dialog section for more information.)

Master Volume

This is the main volume control. Its range goes from infinite negative dB (i.e. entirely

silent) to +20 dB. The normal volume of +/- 0 dB is in the middle. Please observe

that Synplant has a built-in saturating limiter and raising the volume excessively will

make it distort. If this happens, the bulb will start to flash with a red light.

Toolbar

Located at the top of the interface is the Synplant toolbar. Figure 4 shows the differ-

ent controls on the toolbar. They are described in detail below.

Main Menu

Gene Manipulation

Undo

Redo

Patch Selector / Browser

"Modified" indicator

Figure 4 Top Toolbar

Figure 3 Bottom Sliders