User Manual

THOR POLYSONIC SYNTHESIZER
(RECORD+REASON)
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Basic connections - a tutorial
There are certain pre-defined connections available between the Oscillator 1-3 slots and the Mixer, Filter 1/Shaper,
Filter 2 and Amp sections. On the panel itself, lines with arrows are shown to indicate the standard signal paths.
q Note that you can also connect sections using the Modulation bus section (see “Modulation bus routing sec-
tion”). You are not in any way limited to the pre-defined routings, but they do provide a quick and convenient
way to connect the basic synth “building blocks” together.
In the following tutorial we will create a standard setup using two oscillators and two filters to demonstrate Thor ba-
sics and the (standard) signal path:
1. Select “Initialize Patch” from the Edit menu.
The Init patch is a basic setup with an Analog oscillator in Oscillator slot 1 and a Ladder LP filter in Filter slot 1
loaded. A connection between Oscillator 1, Filter 1 and the Amp section is already activated, so you get a sound
when you play.
Below the Oscillator 1 slot in the upper left corner are two more slots, currently empty. These are the Oscillator 2 and
3 slots, respectively. The three Oscillator slots are basically identical in that they can each be loaded with one of 6 os-
cillator types.
2. Click the arrow pop-up in the upper left corner of the Oscillator 2 slot, and select a second oscillator from the
pop-up that appears.
The following oscillator types are available; Analog, Wavetable, Phase Modulation, FM Pair, Multi and Noise. For a
description of the various oscillator types see “The Oscillator section”.
Selecting oscillator type.