User Manual

4.7. The Motion Recorder........................................................................................................................................................ 44
4.7.1. The Motion Recorder activation/deactivation......................................................................................................................................... 44
4.7.2. Playing recorded Motion curves..................................................................................................................................................................... 44
4.7.3. Quantizing a motion curve................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
4.7.4. Setting the modulation amount of a motion curve............................................................................................................................ 46
4.7.5. The parameters available for the Motion Recorder............................................................................................................................ 47
4.7.6. Editing a motion curve .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
4.7.7. The Edit tools...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
4.7.8. The Curve Editor screen ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 50
4.8. The vocal filter ...................................................................................................................................................................... 51
4.9. The low frequency generator.................................................................................................................................... 53
4.10. The modulation matrix................................................................................................................................................ 32
4.11. The arpeggiator ................................................................................................................................................................. 56
4.12. The chorus and stereo delay ................................................................................................................................... 57
5. THE BASICS OF SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS............................................................................................. 58
5.1. The three main elements .............................................................................................................................................. 58
5.1.1. The oscillator, or VCO.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 58
5.1.2. Triangle .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 59
5.1.3. Sawtooth.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60
5.1.4. Square ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
5.1.5. Pulse Width Modulation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
5.1.6. Synchronization ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 61
5.1.7. Frequency modulation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
5.1.8. The noise module...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
5.1.9. The Mixer ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
5.1.10. The filter or VCF....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
5.1.11. The cut-off frequency .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
5.1.12. The resonance................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65
5.1.13. The amplifier or VCA............................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
5.2. Other modules..................................................................................................................................................................... 67
5.2.1. The keyboard................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 67
5.2.2. The envelope generator........................................................................................................................................................................................ 67
5.2.3. The low frequency oscillator............................................................................................................................................................................ 68
6. A FEW ELEMENTS IN SOUND DESIGN ........................................................................................................ 70
6.1. Subtractive synthesis....................................................................................................................................................... 70
6.1.1. A simple bass sound ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 70
6.1.2. A 3 oscillators lead sound .................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
6.1.3. A polyphonic accompaniment .......................................................................................................................................................................... 74
6.2. The modulation matrix .................................................................................................................................................. 32
6.2.1. Using the arpeggiator ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 78
6.3. The effects of the Mini V.............................................................................................................................................. 80
6.3.1. The stereo chorus .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 80
6.3.2. The stereo delay ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 82
7. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 84