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Cutoff half way up, locate AR Int just left of the middle be-
tween Cutoff and Resonance and turn it up. As you press a
key, you will hear a change in timbre as you would move
Cutoff manually. Leave AR Int turned up and try out differ-
ent Attack and Release positions. You will find that AR Int
controls the amount of the automated Cutoff movement,
while Attack and Release control the times with which this
timbre shift takes place.
AR Int can be set to positive or negative values. Positive
AR Int values makes Cutoff raise from its original position
with the time specified by Attack as you press a key, and
fall down to its original value in the time specified by Re-
lease as soon as you release a key. Negative AR Int values
makes Cutoff fall down from its original position with the
time specified by Attack as you press a key, and rise up to
its original value in the time specified by Release as soon as
you release a key.
You can make AR Int sensitive to your playing. Try turn-
ing up Velo Filter below AR Int. This will make AR Int re-
act to how hard you hit a key. If Velo Filter is turned full
down, it does not matter how hard you hit a key. Turning
it up clockwise increases the sensitivity, meaning that you
have to hit a key harder to reach the AR Int value you have
set. And if you do not want any Cutoff movement at all,
simply press the little “zero” symbol right above AR Int.
This will reset AR Int.
The final output level of the Carpet Sweeper is controlled
with the big Volume control. Sideways below Volume sits
Velo Volume: Turn it up to make the sound’s level react to
how hard you hit a key.
That leaves us with three mysterious buttons in the upper
right of the Carpet Sweeper. Besides Vib/PWM, these
three switches are the final key for animated, swirling
sounds. Try them and hear for yourself how they breathe
life and motion into your sounds. You can deactivate these
effects by clicking on an already activated effect.
The Synthesizers—Percusor
The Percusor is the most elaborate and universal synthe-
sizer of your music studio. Together with the the Carpet
Sweeper, the Percusor puts all the synthesizer magic at
your disposal, and its sonic capabilities start where Carpet
Sweeper reach their borders. Its full-featured ADSR sec-
tion is especially suited for fine-crafted percussive sounds.
The Percusor is, as is the Carpet Sweeper, designed as a
polyphonic instrument providing eight voices, so that you
can play up to eight notes at a time.