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SKULPT synthesiser has some very ﬂexible voicing and MIDI options

• Oct -/+ : These buttons control the key range available along the Touch Pads.

Tip: You can use this while holding notes to access unavailable notes. Particularly handy

when used in conjunction with Chord mode.

• Spread: This introduces additional oscillators to achieve unison and stacked octaves,

intervals and chords. In the ﬁrst half of the dial, Wave 1 and Wave 2 are split into

individual oscillators and spread out over the frequency spectrum to create a fat unison

sound. This effect is increased up to the center position. Past half way, the oscillators

arrange themselves into chord shapes. A huge variation of chords can be created with

this control in conjunction with OSC2 detune.

Note: The average level of the sound will be lower when using the SPREAD control. This is

because the combining oscillators are phasing in and out and not constantly re-enforcing

each other as they would if the spread is set to zero. Returning the spread to zero and

retriggering a note will bring all oscillators back to their original phase and volume.

• Chord: Holding Shift and pressing this button while holding a chord saves this chord. This

chord can then be played from a single note trigger until the chord is changed, or chord

mode is disabled. To change a chord, simply turn Chord mode off and repeat the process

holding your new chord shape.

• Transpose: Holding Shift and pressing this button enters Transpose mode. Here you can

directly transpose the pitch of both oscillators using the touch pads. Pad number 8 is the

default position. Pads 7-1 transpose down 1 semitone per pad and pads 9-16 transpose

up 1 semitone per pad.

Note: Using transpose will not trigger a new note. If you are using low EG settings you

may not notice the change. This can be used to great effect while sequencing Skuplt

from it’s Arp or Seq or from external sources.

• Glide: This parameter controls the speed with which the oscillators change their pitch,

‘sliding’ from one note to the next one pressed: a large value will mean the ‘glide’ takes

longer to reach the new note, a shorter value will result in a quicker ‘slide’. Positive values

will achieve normal always active glide and negative amounts will achieve ﬁngered glide

and will only glide if another note is already held.

• Arp: Pushing this button enables and disables the Arpeggiator. (See Arpeggiator section)

• Seq: Pushing this button enters and exits Sequencer mode. (See Sequencer section)

• Mono / Duo / Poly: This button selects which voice mode the patch is in. In Mono all

32 oscillators are stacked in a single voice. In Duo there are 2 voices with 16 oscillators

stacked across each. In Poly we have 4 voices with 8 oscillators per voice.

• Sustain: Holding Shift and pressing this button will sustain any notes played and is

indicated by a ﬂashing LED below.

SKULPT synthesiser features two built in effects, a waveshaping distortion and a delay.

• Distortion: When holding the SHIFT key this encoder allows us to control the Distortion

amount. The distortion is a waveshaping overdrive and as such is incapable of bit-

crushing effects.

• Delay: When holding the SHIFT key this encoder allows us to control the Delay amount

within this patch.This parameter affects the Dry/Wet mix of the of the delay audio effect

at the end of the audio signal chain. When set to minimum, only the dry signal will be

heard. When set to maximum, only the delayed signal will be heard.

• Time: When holding the SHIFT key this encoder allows us to control delay Time of the

Delay effect, from 0.022 to 750ms.

• Feedback: When holding the SHIFT key this encoder allows us to control Delay Feedback.

This sets the amount of delayed audio signal fed back into the delay input. When at the

fully left position, only the ﬁrst delayed signal will be heard. All the way to the right,

almost the entire level of the delayed signal is fed back into the delay. This can be used

to create a wide array of effects from an echo or reverb-type effect, to noise and metallic

sounds.

• Sync: When holding the SHIFT key this button allows you to select which (if any) of the

two LFO’s or Delay’s frequency or time should be syncopated to BPM (Extrenal or Internal

clocks) you can cycle through every combination. This will snap the frequency or time to

the closest division of the tempo you’re working with and turning the encoder will cycle

through divisions.