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. SETTINGS

Press [Settings] to access the Settings pages. They are divided into two main categories:

Preset and Global. We'll assume in this chapter that you know to use [Assign 1-8] to select

the options on each page.

12.1. Settings overview

12.1.1. Preset settings

Voice Out Section Expression Control Preset Info

VCO Preset Volume Bend Range Init

Envelopes Stereo Modes Vibrato Options Details

LFO Modulation Alt Preset Glide Settings Generate

Allocation Delay Settings Morphée Modes Edit Sound Designer

Reverb Settings Ribbon Modes

Exp1 Settings

Exp2 Settings

12.1.2. Preset / Voice settings

VCO Envelopes LFO Allocation

VCO 1 Tune Modulation VCF Velo Mode LFO 1 Global Retrig Poly Allocation

VCO 2 Tune Modulation VCF Env Curves LFO 2 Global Retrig Uni/Mono Allocation

Metalizer Mode VCA Velo Mode LFO 3 Polarity Poly Alloc (lower)

Pitch Accuracy VCA Env Curves LFO 1 Sync Division Uni/Mono Alloc (lower)

Sub Level Mode MOD Env Loop Mode LFO 3 Sync Division Unison Voice Count

Morph Pitch Quantize MOD Env Curves LFO 1 Sync Division

LFO 3 Sync Division

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