User`s manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction.............................................................................5
2 Installation...............................................................................9
2.1 Usage Precautions.................................................................................................9
2.2 Register your Instrument......................................................................................11
2.3 Connecting the MiniBrute to the World............................................................11
2.4 Warm-Up and General Tuning...........................................................................13
3 Quickstart..............................................................................14
3.1 Create your first sound: the “basic patch”......................................................14
3.2 Add some vibrato................................................................................................15
3.3 Tweak the envelope............................................................................................16
3.4 Meet the LFO........................................................................................................17
3.5 Create a sequence.............................................................................................18
3.5.1 Recording A Basic Pattern.....................................................................................................18
3.5.2 Inserting Rests...........................................................................................................................19
4 General description.............................................................20
4.1 Analog synthesizer architecture........................................................................20
4.1.1 Signal generators.....................................................................................................................20
4.1.1.1 Pitched signal generator (oscillators).................................................................................20
4.1.1.2 Unpitched signal generator..................................................................................................21
4.1.2 Signal enhancers.....................................................................................................................21
4.1.3 Filter...........................................................................................................................................23
4.1.3.1 What is a filter?........................................................................................................................23
4.1.3.2 Filter types: Low-pass, Band-pass, High-pass and Notch................................................23
4.1.3.3 Resonance or emphasis........................................................................................................25
4.1.4 Amplifier....................................................................................................................................25
4.1.5 Modulators...............................................................................................................................26
4.1.6 Player interface.......................................................................................................................27
4.1.7 Inputs and outputs..................................................................................................................28
4.1.8 MiniBrute diagram...................................................................................................................29
4.2 Front Panel............................................................................................................30
4.2.1 The oscillator and its signal mixer...........................................................................................30
4.2.1.1 The waveforms........................................................................................................................30
Saw and Ultrasaw................................................................................................................................30
Square and Modulated Pulse............................................................................................................30
Triangle and Metalizer.........................................................................................................................31
The sub-oscillator (Sub Osc)...............................................................................................................31
Noise.......................................................................................................................................................31
Audio In..................................................................................................................................................31
4.2.2 The filter.....................................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.1 Mode.........................................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.2 Cutoff........................................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.3 Resonance...............................................................................................................................32
4.2.2.4 ENV Amt (envelope amount)...............................................................................................32
4.2.2.5 KBD Tracking............................................................................................................................33
4.2.2.6 Envelope speed......................................................................................................................33
4.2.2.7 Filter Envelope.........................................................................................................................33
4.2.3 The amplifier.............................................................................................................................34
4.2.3.1 Amplifier Envelope..................................................................................................................34
4.2.4 Controls.....................................................................................................................................34
4.2.4.1 MOD Wheel..............................................................................................................................34
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