User Manual

MALSTRÖM SYNTHESIZER
(RECORD+REASON)
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About motion patterns
Each graintable has a predefined motion pattern and a default motion speed.
When a graintable is looped (i.e. if the Motion knob is
not set all the way to the left), it follows one of two possible mo-
tion patterns:
D Forward
This motion pattern plays the graintable from the beginning to the end, and then repeats it.
D Forward - Backward
This motion pattern plays the graintable from the beginning to the end, then from the end to the beginning and
then repeats it.
The motion speed can be changed with the Motion knob, as described above, but it is
not possible to alter the motion
pattern of a graintable.
The amplitude envelopes
Each oscillator features a standard ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) envelope generator, and a Level control.
These are used for controlling the volume of the oscillator. One thing that makes the Malström different from many
other synths though, is the fact that the amplitude envelopes are placed
before the filter and routing sections in the
signal path.
The amplitude envelopes control how the volume of a sound should change from the moment you strike a key on
your keyboard to the moment that you release it again.
Vol
The Volume knobs set the volume level out from each oscillator.
! For an overall description of the general envelope parameters (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release), please refer
to the Subtractor chapter.