User Manual

26 ARTURIA – Analog Laboratory – USER’S MANUAL
Now, imagine that the sound we're looking for is close to the Spliff Pad, but we'd actually
like something brighter; in that case, we could try and filter the sound a little less by
increasing the Cutoff knob in the Controls Section all the way to the right.
Filter Cutoff knob turned full-clockwise
If we listen back we can hear the same sound but with more high-frequencies content.
This time, let's imagine that we want our sound to start immediately, without the fade in
that it has on each note played. To do that, let's move to the Envelope section that
should look like so:
The Envelope section
If we want the sound of each note to start right away, we need to reduce both Attack1
and Attack2 to zero (bottom). Your Controls and Envelopes should look like this:
Setting the Controls & Envelope parameters
By adding these modifications to the original “Spliff Pad” preset, our sound should now
not only be bright, but should strike harder when a note is played.
Each one of the 10 knobs in the Controls section and 8 faders in the Envelope section
can change the selected preset just as drastically, giving the user a very wide sonic
palette for sound design. Please see Chapter 5.4 for more information regarding the
functions of these controls.
4.2.3 Saving a preset
Once a preset has been modified to fit the user's needs it can be saved as a User preset.
In this way, the preset can be renamed and recalled exactly as is. Let's take our
modified “Spliff Pad” preset and hit the “Save As” button on the left hand side of the tool
bar: