User Manual

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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

4.8. Envelopes

Envelopes are adjustable modulators that shape voltage over time when a note is triggered.

PolyBrute has two 4-stage envelopes (ADSR), plus a third with a delay stage (DADSR). Each

envelope has an LED to indicate the current level of the envelope; it changes quickly or

slowly depending on the settings.

VCF ENV can also serve as a mod source in the Matrix, but by default:

• VCF ENV shapes the VCF cutoff frequency, depending on the VCF Env setting for

each VCF. It can also be assigned in the Matrix.

• VCA ENV controls the overall volume level of the patch.

• MOD ENV is freely assignable in the Matrix.

The following graphic shows which segment of an envelope is affected by each parameter.

VCF ENV is identical to VCA ENV so it is

not pictured.

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