User's Manual

6 Interface
3. Microtuning:
Arabic Oud contains the essential and most used microtunings of
oriental music: Bayati, Rast, Saba and Seka.
Each tuning is offered in two variations (Normal and Syriac Church) and
the free choice of the key.
Click in the Microtuning eld to
open the dropdown menu. Then
select the tuning with your
preferred key - this allows you to
adapt the microtuning to the key
of your piece of music.
Arabic Oud contains a total of 39 articulations played and recorded by
Bassam Ayoub with several Velocity Layers and up to 8 Round Robins.
The main focus was on achieving an authentic sound with the best
possible playability. Therefore the articulations can be roughly divided
into two groups: Recorded performances (e.g. the fast Tremolo
recorded over several seconds) and freely playable articulations (e.g.
the Tremolo 2 articulation, which allows you to play each stroke
separately by pressing and releasing a keyboard key and thus
determine the speed of the tremolo). The Interface gives you
information about the type of articulation and the corresponding
Keyswitch on your keyboard. If you change an articulation via a
Keyswitch, it will light up on the interface so that you always know which
is currently activated. The two Latch Keyswitches Sustain (C1) and
Legato/Porta (D#1) are an exception. These light up red and remain
activated as long as no other Keyswitch is pressed. These are also the
only articulations that can be selected directly on the interface with the
mouse.
4. Articulations: