Manual

15 RHYTHM DESIGNER RD-9 User Manual
9. Wave Designer
Wave Designer is a powerful tool for adjusting signal transients and dynamics,
such as attack and sustain. Use the Wave Designer to make a snare drum really
“crack” in the mix, or to expand the bass drum to be even more devastating.
With both ATTACK and SUSTAIN controls set to 12 o’clock the Wave Designer
is essentially in bypass and will not aect any voices being sent to the Wave
Designer via the bus.
Adjusting the ATTACK knob will make the opening transient of the voice sound
punchier. Increasing the SUSTAIN control acts in a similar way as a compressor,
allowing the peaks to carry on longer before decay. The eect can also be used to
reduce the sustain for a more staccato sound.
NOTE: Using a long sustain on naturally staccato sounds (i.e., Rim Shot) may
cause noise. Dial this noise out by reducing the sustain amount.
All voices sent to the Wave Designer as described will then pass into the Analog
Filter section to be processed.
The SIG LED shows that a signal is present in the Analog Filter/Wave Designer bus.
The SEND button activates the Wave Designer circuit.
How to assign voices to the FX bus:
1. Press SEND in the FX sections (ashes orange).
2. Use SELECT to assign which voices go to the bus (solid pink LED
indicates voice sent to the FX bus).
3. Press SEND in the FX section to exit. SEND button will be
solid white to show voices are assigned to the FX bus.
TIP: Hold TAP/HOLD while pressing SEND to clear all voice from the FX bus.
The diagram below shows the audio routing of the voices as they pass through
the RD-9. Only one voice is shown in this example, but the same process applies
to all voices.
10. Analog Filter
The Analog Filter (VCF) section works on selected sounds routed via an audio bus
fed from the Wave Designer circuit.
The CUTOFF control sets the frequency where the lter is applied. The lter cut o
can be programmed and automated (when the ON button is ashing, automation
is active).
When the HPF (High Pass Filter) button is engaged the lter cuts the the low
frequency cuto point as you turn the control CW. When the HPF button is not
engaged, the CUTOFF knob defaults to a low-pass lter (LPF), which gradually
cuts the high frequencies as you turn the control CCW.
Press the ON button to activate the lter circuit.
The RESONANCE control adjusts the resonance of the lter. Turning CW adds a
peak at the cuto frequency that accents the surrounding frequencies.
The lter CUTOFF control setting can be recorded as automation. After
programming a pattern, add the voice or voices you wish to be processed by the
Analog Filter and Wave Designer bus as described earlier in this manual. Next,
while the pattern is playing and in Record Mode, rotate the CUTOFF knob and
listen to the results. Once you are happy with your lter sweep exit Record Mode.
Next time you play the pattern, the recorded lter sweep will play back.
Live Filter Mode can be toggled on and o, and this toggling action gives you
either manual control of the lter frequency or automated Filter Mode, which
uses the stored lter automation data. The live Filter Mode can be toggled on and
o by holding the TAP/HOLD button and pressing the lter ON button to activate
dierent states:
• • Flashing lter ON button= Filter plays stored automation data
• • Solid lter ON button = Filter in live control mode
At any time, you can drop into Record Mode and adjust the lter settings that will
be stored with the current pattern, as long as the lter settings are set to Pattern
(see SETTINGS 11.5 below).
It is also possible to manually program the lter per step or to edit a recorded
lter sweep.
1. Press SETTINGS.
2. Press FILTER (STEP BUTTON 6).
3. Pressing dierent step keys (1-64) will display the current lter
position from 0, turn the DATA control counterclockwise (CCW) to
255 turn clockwise (CW). Depending on which lter setting is in use,
HPF or LPF, the lter will be fully open or closed. Up to 64 steps can
be programmed using the <</>> keys in the LENGTH section to
navigate step position.
4. Press SETTINGS twice to exit.
5. Save PATTERN.
NOTE: Filter automation will now carry across when extending / copying lengths
of patterns.
- turning the Cut O control in play mode will end playing the automated Filter
mode.
- turning the Cut O knob in record with Filter on will start recording the
automated Filter.