User Manual

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Table Of Contents

User Manual
Special Thanks
- DIRECTION
- ENGINEERING
- MANUAL
- DESIGN
- SOUND DESIGN
- TESTING
- BETA TESTING
Thank you for purchasing the Arturia PolyBrute!
Special Message Section
- Specifications Subject to Change:
- IMPORTANT:
- NOTICE:
- Precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:
Introduction
Table Of Contents
Overview
- Front panel
- Rear panel
  - Connections
- About this manual
PolyBrute Basics
- User interface
- Master controls
- Auto-tune PolyBrute
- What is digitally-controlled analog?
- Load a preset
- Try this!
Create a Patch
- Subtractive synthesis
- Create a new patch
- Save the patch
- That was only sound A...
Voice Architecture
- A note about tuning
- Morph basics
- VCOs 1 and 2
- Mixer
- LFOs
- Filters
- Filter FM
  - VCO 2 > VCF 1
  - Noise > VCF 2
- Envelopes
- Stereo spread
- FX routing selector
Performance Controls
- Wheels
  - Pitch
  - The Wheel
- Octave buttons
- Morphée
- Voice/control mode buttons
- Glide
  - Glide in Split mode
- Morph knob
- Ribbon controller
- Aftertouch
- Expression pedals
- Motion recorder
  - The Stretch factor
  - Exceptions
- Voice allocation modes
  - Polyphonic allocation
  - Unison / mono allocation
Working with Presets
- Selecting a preset
- Snapshots
- Random patch generation
- Panel mode
- Saving a preset
Working with Mods
- Creating a mod route
- Mod source list
  - What is the Voices source?
Sequencer Mode
- Common features
- The Arpeggiator
  - ARP home page
    - Octave range
    - Copy to Seq
  - Play Mode: Arp
    - Pattern mode
- The Sequencer
- Matrix Arpeggiator
- Sequence Management
Step Record / Edit
- What's the difference?
- Overwrite vs. overdub
- Step Record
  - Enter / edit one step
  - Enter / edit many steps
- Step edit: Notes
- Step record: Mods
Morph Mode
- What is Morph Mode?
  - Morph vs. crossfade
- The Morph knob
- Morphing with Morphée
- Morph and mod routes
- Morphing sounds
  - Editing sounds A and B
  - Morph utilities
- What can morph?
The Effects
- FX routing
- Modulation
- Delay
- Reverb
  - Reverb filter options
Settings
- Settings overview
- Preset: Voice
- Preset: Out section
- Preset: Expression control
- Preset: Preset info
- Global: Sync
- Global: Keyboard
- Global: MIDI
- Global: Misc
Specifications
- MIDI Continuous Controller assignments
Software License Agreement
Declaration of Conformity

12.4. Preset: Expression control........................................................................................................................................... 91

12.4.1. Expression: Bend range........................................................................................................................................................................................ 91

12.4.2. Expression: Vibrato................................................................................................................................................................................................ 92

12.4.3. Expression: Glide..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92

12.4.4. Expression: Morphée ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 92

12.4.5. Expression: Ribbon ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 93

12.4.6. Expression: Exp1, Exp2......................................................................................................................................................................................... 93

12.5. Preset: Preset info ........................................................................................................................................................... 94

12.5.1. Preset info: Init.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94

12.5.2. Preset info: Details................................................................................................................................................................................................. 94

12.5.3. Preset info: Generate ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 94

12.5.4. Preset info: Sound designer ............................................................................................................................................................................ 94

12.6. Global: Sync......................................................................................................................................................................... 95

12.6.1. Sync: Source ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 95

12.6.2. Sync: Clock.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 95

12.6.3. Sync: Metronome.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 95

12.7. Global: Keyboard.............................................................................................................................................................. 96

12.8. Global: MIDI......................................................................................................................................................................... 96

12.8.1. MIDI: Channels.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 96

12.8.2. MIDI: Output dest .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97

12.8.3. MIDI: Input src .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97

12.8.4. MIDI: Arp/Seq MIDI out ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 97

12.8.5. MIDI: Local control ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 97

12.8.6. MIDI: Program change........................................................................................................................................................................................ 97

12.9. Global: Misc.......................................................................................................................................................................... 98

12.9.1. Misc: Compare........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 98

12.9.2. Misc: Knob catch ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 98

12.9.3. Misc: Factory reset................................................................................................................................................................................................. 98

12.9.4. Misc: Voice auto-tuning....................................................................................................................................................................................... 98

12.9.5. Misc: Ctrl calibration ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 99

12.9.6. Misc: FW version.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 100

12.9.7. Misc: Pedals ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 100

12.9.8. Misc: Sleep Time................................................................................................................................................................................................... 100

13. Specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 101

13.1. MIDI Continuous Controller assignments ..................................................................................................... 102

14. Software License Agreement....................................................................................................................... 104

15. Declaration of Conformity.............................................................................................................................. 106